Near-Earth Object Impact Articles

• Endangered Animals
  Extinction
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  New Species
  Ecology
   
  

  Endangered species

  An endangered species is a population of an organism (usually a taxonomic species), which because it is either few in number or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters, leaving ... > more
• Apes
  Mammals
  Sports Medicine
  Animals
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Gorilla

  The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies. Its DNA ... > more
• Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Natural Disasters
  Environmental Science
  Tsunamis
   

  List of disasters

  This is a list of world disasters, both natural and man-made. A disaster is a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industry, often resulting in permanent ... > more
• Wind Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Environmental Science
  Energy Technology
  Energy Policy
   
  

  Wind power

  Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2006, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 73.9 gigawatts; ... > more
• Ecology
  Biodiversity
  Environmental Policy
  Sustainability
  Rainforests
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Conservation biology

  Conservation biology is the protection and management of biodiversity that uses principles and experiences from the biological sciences, from natural resource management, and from the social ... > more
• Thermodynamics
  Nature of Water
  Energy and the Environment
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Temperature

  Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of "hot" and "cold"; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. Physically, temperature is a ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Rainforests
  Earth Science
   
  

  Tropical cyclone

  A tropical cyclone (also referred to as a tropical depression, tropical storm, typhoon, or hurricane depending on strength and geographical context) is a type of low pressure system which generally ... > 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
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Oil Spills
  Geography
   
  

  Hurricane Dennis

  Hurricane Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. In July, the hurricane set several records for early season hurricane ... > more
• Nature
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Global Warming
  Ecosystems
  Rainforests
   

  Homeostasis

  Homeostasis is the property of an open system, especially living organisms, to regulate its internal environment to maintain a stable, constant condition, by means of multiple dynamic equilibrium ... > more

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