Oceanography Articles

• Mining
  Pollution
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Science
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Lead

  Lead is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead has a dull luster and is a dense, ductile, very soft, highly malleable, bluish-white metal that has ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Nature
  Pests and Parasites
  Seeds
  Rainforests
   
  

  Plant

  Plants are a major group of living things including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, ferns, and mosses. About 350,000 species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Recycling and Waste
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Hazardous Waste
   
  

  Vermicompost

  Vermicompost (or Worm Compost) the process of using earthworms to breakdown kitchen and garden waste, to create a faster than normal composting. Compared to ordinary soil, the earthworm castings (the ... > more
• Water
  Floods
  Drought Research
  Geology
  Ecosystems
  Geography
   
  

  Artesian aquifer

  An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer whose water is pressurized. Water will thus flow out of an artesian well without ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Volcanoes
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Natural Disasters
  Cultures
   
  

  Pompeii

  Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount ... > more
• Pollution
  Pests and Parasites
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Issues
  Geography
  Nature
   
  

  DDT

  DDT was the first modern pesticide and is arguably the most well known organic pesticide. Overall, it is known that DDT concentrates in biological systems (particularly in body fat), that it is a ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Landslides
  Floods
  Geology
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Pyroclastic flow

  Pyroclastic flows are a common and devastating result of some volcanic eruptions. They are fast-moving fluidized bodies of hot gas, ash and rock (collectively known as tephra) which can travel away ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Exotic Species
  Atmosphere
  Air Quality
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Volcanic ash

  Volcanic ash consists of very fine rock and mineral particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic vent. Ash is created when solid rock shatters and magma separates into minute ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Construction
  Physics
   
  

  Arsenic

  Arsenic is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol As and atomic number 33. This is a notoriously poisonous metalloid that has three allotropic forms; yellow, black and grey. ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Petroleum
  Fossil Fuels
  Renewable Energy
  Energy Policy
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Fossil fuel

  Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals. In common dialogue, the term fossil fuel also includes ... > more

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