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• Air Pollution
  Air Quality
  Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
  Sports Science
   
  

  Smog

  Smog is a kind of air pollution, originally named for the mixture of smoke and fog in the air. Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area and is caused by a mixture of smoke ... > more
• Organic
  Soil Types
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Sustainability
   

  Organic lawn management

  Organic lawn management is the practice of establishing and caring for a garden lawn without the use of chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers. The garden lawn is a place where ... > more
• Rainforests
  Forest
  Geography
  Fish
  Oil Spills
  New Species
   
  

  Mangrove

  Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. Mangrove plants occupy shallow water and intertidal zones in tropical and ... > more
• New Species
  Nature
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Ecology Research
  Biology
   
  

  Unified neutral theory of biodiversity

  The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography is a theory and the title of a monograph by ecologist Stephen Hubbell. The theory aims to explain the diversity and relative abundance of ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Genetics
  Nature
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Plant breeding

  Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. This manipulation involves either controlled pollination, ... > more
• Water
  Ecosystems
  Drought Research
  Floods
  Pollution
  Ecology
   

  Brackish water

  Brackish water is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur as in brackish fossil ... > more
• Global Warming
  Geochemistry
  Air Quality
  Forest
  Climate
  Earth Science
   
  

  Carbon cycle

  The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth. The cycle is usually thought of as four major ... > more
• Desert
  Geography
  Water
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Drought Research
   
  

  Desert

  In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation. Generally deserts are defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm ... > 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
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Wild Animals
  Zoology
   
  

  Fish

  Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold blooded, covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in ... > more

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