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  Cloud

  A cloud is a visible mass of condensed droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. Clouds form when the invisible water vapor in ... > more
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  Dust devil

  A dust devil or whirlwind is either a large rotating updraft, anywhere from 1000 meters high or more and tens of meters in diameter, to a small vortex a few meters high. In Australia, they are ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
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  Liquid nitrogen economy

  A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid ... > more
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  Seasonal affective disorder

  Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, also known as winter depression is an affective, or mood disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience ... > more
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  Attribution of recent climate change

  Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically demonstrate which mechanisms are responsible for observed changes in the Earth's climate. The endeavor centers on the observed ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Evaporation

  Evaporation is one of the two forms of vaporization. It is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the ... > more
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  Irrigation

  Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. The water source for irrigation may be a nearby or distant body of ... > more
• Early Climate
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  Ice core

  An ice core is a core sample from the accumulation of snow and ice over many years that have recrystallized and have trapped air bubbles from previous time periods. The composition of these ice ... > more
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  Polytetrafluoroethylene

  Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a fluoropolymer discovered by Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994) of DuPont in 1938. It was introduced as a commercial product in 1946 and (in an example of a ... > more
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  Greenhouse gas

  Greenhouse gases are components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Some greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result from human activities such as ... > more

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