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• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Energy Technology
  Sustainability
  Solar Energy
   
  

  Renewable energy

  Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water, biological processes, and geothermal heat ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Soil Types
  Sustainability
  Food
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Agriculture

  Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). The practice of ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Geology
  Mars
   
  

  Meteor

  A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the ... > more
• Caving
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Water
  Earth Science
  Rainforests
   
  

  Cave

  A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. Some scientists stipulate that it must be large enough that some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Acid Rain
  Fungus
  Landslides
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Soil pH

  Soil pH is an indication of the alkalinity or acidity of soil. It is based on the measurement of pH, which is based in turn on the activity of hydrogen ions (H+) in a water or salt ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Recycling and Waste
  Food and Agriculture
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
   
  

  Vermicompost

  Vermicompost (or Worm Compost) the process of using earthworms to breakdown kitchen and garden waste, to create a faster than normal composting. Compared to ordinary soil, the earthworm castings (the ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Organic
  Food and Agriculture
  Sustainability
  Soil Types
  Food
   
  

  Organic farming

  Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on ecosystem management and attempts to reduce or eliminate external agricultural inputs, especially synthetic ones. It is a holistic production ... > more
• Rainforests
  Forest
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Slash and burn

  Slash and burn (a specific practice that may be part of shifting cultivation or swidden-fallow agriculture) is an agricultural procedure widely used in forested areas. Although it was practised ... > more
• Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Food and Agriculture
  Seeds
  Organic
   
  

  Heirloom plant

  An heirloom plant is an open-pollinated cultivar that was commonly grown during earlier periods in human history, but which is not used in modern large-scale agriculture. Since most popular heirloom ... > more
• Rodents
  Animals
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Mice
  Evolution
   
  

  Rodent

  Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. Forty-percent of mammal ... > more

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