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• Sustainability
  Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Organic
  Energy and the Environment
  Ecology
   

  Sustainable agriculture

  Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to ... > more
• Geology
  Earthquakes
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  Natural Disasters
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Atmosphere
   
  

  Crust (geology)

  In geology, a crust is the outermost layer of a planet. The crust of the Earth is composed of a great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. The crust is underlain by the mantle. ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
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  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  Antarctic ice sheet

  The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million square km and contains 30 million cubic km of ice. Around 90 percent of the fresh water on ... > more
• Geography
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Circle of latitude

  On the Earth, a circle of latitude or parallel is an imaginary east-west circle that connects all locations with a given latitude. The position on the circle of latitude is given by the longitude. ... > more
• Water
  Drought Research
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
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  Water resources

  Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, ... > more
• Geography
  Earth Science
  Ozone Holes
  Global Warming
  Forest
  Rainforests
   
  

  Tropic of Cancer

  The Tropic of Cancer, or Northern tropic is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that lies currently 23 degrees 26′ 22″ ... > more
• Tundra
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Geography
  Forest
  Rainforests
   
  

  Tundra

  In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra, and alpine ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Climate
  Oceanography
  Snow and Avalanches
  Severe Weather
   
  

  Larsen Ice Shelf

  The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of ... > more
• Geology
  Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Earth Science
  Tsunamis
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
   
  

  Lithosphere

  The lithosphere is the solid outermost shell of a rocky planet. On the Earth, the lithosphere includes the crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle (the upper mantle or lower lithosphere) which is ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Solar Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Environmental Science
  Graphene
   
  

  Solar cell

  A solar cell (or a "photovoltaic" cell) is a device that converts photons from the sun (solar light) into electricity. In general, a solar cell that includes both solar and nonsolar sources of light ... > more

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