Near-Earth Object Impact Articles

• Air Pollution
  Air Quality
  Atmosphere
  Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Inversion (meteorology)

  A temperature inversion is a meteorological phenomenon in which air temperature increases with height for some distance above the ground, as opposed to the normal decrease in temperature with height. ... > more
• Geography
  Geology
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Oceanography
  Drought Research
   
  

  Pangaea

  Pangaea or Pangea is the name given to the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into ... > more
• Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Construction
  Civil Engineering
  Earthquakes
  Sports Science
   
  

  Tsunami

  A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have the ... > more
• Botany
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Nature
   
  

  Phytoplankton

  Phytoplankton refers to the autotrophic component of the plankton that drifts in the water column. Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye. Phytoplankton, like ... > more
• Geology
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Atmosphere
  Floods
  Water
   
  

  Sedimentary rock

  Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups (along with igneous and metamorphic rocks) and is formed in four main ways: by the deposition of the weathered remains of other rocks (known as ... > more
• Geology
  Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Mantle plume

  A mantle plume is an upwelling of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's mantle. As the heads of mantle plumes can partly melt when they reach shallow depths, they are thought to be the cause of ... > more
• Atmosphere
  Ozone Holes
  Air Quality
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Geomagnetic Storms
   

  Planetary boundary layer

  The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). It is the lowest part of the atmosphere and its behavior is directly influenced by its contact with the ... > more
• Sun
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Earth Science
  Geology
   
  

  Solstice

  The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun in relation to the celestial equator. The summer solstice is the day of the year with the longest daylight period and ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Geology
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Geography
  Earth Science
   
  

  Plate tectonics

  Plate tectonics is a theory of geology developed to explain the phenomenon of continental drift and is currently the theory accepted by the vast majority of scientists working in this area. In the ... > more
• Water
  Recycling and Waste
  Drought
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Ecosystems
   
  

  Groundwater

  Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of geologic formations. A formation of rock/soil is called an aquifer when it can yield a useable ... > more

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