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• Environmental Policy
  Geography
  Environmental Issues
  Ecology
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
   

  Timeline of environmental events

  The timeline of environmental events is a historical account of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes some major natural events, man-made ... > more
• Water
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Water pollution

  Water pollution is a large set of adverse effects upon water bodies (lakes, rivers, oceans, groundwater) caused by human activities. Although natural phenomena such as volcanoes, storms, earthquakes ... > more
• Water
  Geography
  Ecosystems
  Global Warming
  Ecology
  Floods
   
  

  Lake

  A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded entirely by land. A vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher ... > more
• Natural Disasters
  Severe Weather
  Floods
  Earthquakes
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Tsunamis
   

  Catastrophe modeling

  Catastrophe modeling (also known as cat modeling) is the process of using computer-assisted calculations to estimate the losses that could be sustained by a portfolio of properties due to a ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Acid Rain
  Landslides
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Soil

  Soil is material capable of supporting plant life. Soil forms through a variety of soil formation processes, and includes weathered rock "parent material" combined with dead and living organic matter ... > more
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Ecosystems
  Nature
  Sustainability
  Extreme Survival
   

  Ecosystem

  In ecology, the word ecosystem is an abbreviation of the term, ecological system. Some consider this the basic unit in ecology. Ecosystems are not to be confused with biomes because they are smaller ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Forest
  Ecology
   
  

  Wildfire

  A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume ... > 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
• Sustainability
  Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Organic
  Energy and the Environment
  Ecology
   

  Sustainable agriculture

  Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to ... > more
• Oceanography
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Coral Reefs
  Floods
  Geology
   
  

  Geology of the Capitol Reef area

  The exposed geology of the Capitol Reef area presents a record of mostly Mesozoic-aged sedimentation in an area of North America in and around Capitol Reef National Park. Nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) ... > more

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