Global Warming Articles

• Water
  Drought Research
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Sustainability
   
  

  Water resources

  Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, ... > more
• Water
  Oceanography
  Landslides
  Global Warming
  Floods
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Erosion

  Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) by the agents of wind, water or ice, by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity or by living organisms (in ... > more
• Forest
  Rainforests
  Trees
  Sustainability
  Soil Types
  Ecology
   

  Old growth forest

  Old growth forest, sometimes called late seral forest or ancient forest or primary forest is an area of forest that has attained great age and exhibits unique biological features. Old growth forests ... > more
• Climate
  Weather
  Atmosphere
  Geography
  Severe Weather
  Global Warming
   
  

  Atmospheric circulation

  Atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air by which heat is distributed on the surface of the Earth. The wind belts and the jet streams girdling the planet are steered by three ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Ecology
  Fish
  Ecology Research
  Sea Life
  Oceanography
   
  

  Plankton

  Plankton are drifting organisms that inhabit the water column of oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. Plankton abundance and distribution are strongly dependent on factors such as ambient ... > more
• Acid Rain
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Air Quality
  Soil Types
  Forest
   
  

  Acid rain

  Acid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH that is unusually low. Dissolved carbon dioxide dissociates to form weak carbonic acid giving a pH of approximately 5.6 at typical ... > more
• Geography
  Global Warming
  Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Ice Ages
  Climate
   
  

  Antarctica

  Antarctica is the continent at the extreme southern latitudes of the Earth, containing the South Pole. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and divided in two by the Transantarctic ... > more
• Air Pollution
  Acid Rain
  Geochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Air Quality
  Healthy Aging
   

  Nitrogen oxide

  NOx is a generic term for the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion. They are believed to aggravate asthmatic conditions, react with the oxygen in the air to produce ozone, which is also ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Floods
   

  Climate changes of 535-536

  In the years 535 and 536, several remarkable aberrations in world climate took place. The Byzantine historian Procopius recorded of 536, "during this year a most dread portent took place. For the sun ... > more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earthquakes
  Environmental Issues
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Earth

  Earth often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth, is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. It is also the largest of its ... > more

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