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  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
• Pollution
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
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  Humidity

  Humidity is the concentration of water vapor in the air. The concentration can be expressed as absolute humidity, specific humidity, or relative humidity. Relative humidity is the most frequently ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Animals
  Geography
  Earthquakes
  Wildfires
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Monarch butterfly

  The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a well-known North American butterfly. Its wings feature an easily recognizable orange and black pattern. Monarchs are especially noted for their lengthy ... > more
• Environmental Policy
  Fish
  Earthquakes
  Marine Biology
  Environmental Issues
  Sea Life
   
  

  Rachel Carson

  Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Botany
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Tamarix

  The genus Tamarix, known as tamarisk or (US) saltcedar, comprises about 50-60 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 1-15 m in height and forming dense thickets, native to ... > more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Geology
  Saturn
  Earth Science
  Moon
   
  

  Impact crater

  An impact crater is a circular depression on a surface, usually referring to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body, caused by a collision of a smaller body (meteor) with the ... > more
• Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
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  Greenhouse effect

  The greenhouse effect is the process in which the emission of infrared radiation by the atmosphere warms a planet's surface. The name comes from an analogy with the warming of air inside a greenhouse ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Climate
  Geography
  Oceanography
  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  Ice sheet

  An Ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 square kilometers (19,305 square miles). The only current ice sheets are Antarctic and Greenland; ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Snow and Avalanches
  Oceanography
  Water
  Climate
   
  

  Glacier

  A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. A glacier is formed by multi-year ice accretion in sloping terrain. Glaciers can be found on ... > more
• Environmental Issues
  Pollution
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  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
   
  

  Coriolis effect

  The Coriolis effect caused by the rotation of the Earth is responsible for the precession of a Foucault pendulum and for the direction of rotation of cyclones. In general, the effect deflects objects ... > more

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