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• Organic
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
  Acid Rain
  Geochemistry
  Sustainability
   

  Fertilizer

  Fertilizers or fertilisers are compounds given to plants with the intention of promoting growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar spraying, for ... > more
• Renewable Energy
  Hazardous Waste
  Energy and the Environment
  Recycling and Waste
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Radioactive waste

  Radioactive waste is waste type containing radioactive chemical elements that does not have a practical purpose. It is sometimes the product of a nuclear process, such as nuclear fission. The ... > more
• Apes
  Rainforests
  Monkeys
  New Species
  Mammals
  Animals
   
  

  Orangutan

  Orangutans (also spelled orang utan, orang-utan, sometimes incorrectly orangutang) are two species of great apes with long arms and reddish, sometimes brown, hair. Orangutans are highly endangered in ... > more
• Organic Chemistry
  Geochemistry
  Chemistry
  Biochemistry
  Acid Rain
  Pollution
   
  

  Phosphate

  In inorganic chemistry, a phosphate is a salt of phosphoric acid. Phosphates are also important in biochemistry. Surface runoff of phosphates from excessively fertilized farmland can be a cause of ... > more
• Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Pollution

  Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants, generally resulting from human activity. Carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides produced by industry and motor ... > more
• Rainforests
  Trees
  Forest
  Wildfires
  Nature
  Sustainability
   
  

  Logging

  Logging is the process in which trees are felled (cut down) usually as part of a timber harvest. Timber is harvested to supply raw material for the wood products industry including logs for sawmills ... > more
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Atmosphere
  Earthquakes
  Geochemistry
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Geophysics

  Geophysics, the study of the earth by quantitative physical methods, especially by seismic reflection and refraction, geodesy, gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, and radioactivity ... > more
• Renewable Energy
  Nuclear Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Weapons Technology
  Environmental Science
  Hazardous Waste
   
  

  Nuclear power plant

  A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. Nuclear power plants are base load stations, which work best when the power output is ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Geology
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Caving
  Oceanography
   
  

  Basalt

  Basalt is a common gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
  Recycling and Waste
  Air Quality
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Energy and the Environment
   

  Hazardous waste

  Hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment and generally exhibits one or more of the these characteristics: ignitability, corrosivity, ... > more

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