Rainforest Articles

• 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
• Water
  Floods
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Sustainability
  Landslides
   
  

  Surface runoff

  Surface runoff is water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle. Runoff that occurs on surfaces before reaching a channel ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Tornadoes
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Hurricane Hugo

  Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Category 5 hurricane that struck Puerto Rico, St. Croix, South Carolina and North Carolina in September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, killing at least 70 ... > more
• Organic
  Soil Types
  Fungus
  Geochemistry
  Acid Rain
  Microbiology
   
  

  Soil life

  Soil life is a collective term for all the organisms living within the soil. In a balanced soil, plants grow in an active and vibrant environment. Without the activities of soil organisms, dead ... > more
• Nature
  Sustainability
  Ecology
  Biodiversity
  Environmental Policy
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Conservation ethic

  The conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its forests, fisheries, habitats, ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Trees
  Rainforests
  Ecology
  Geography
  Soil Types
   
  

  Termite

  Termites, sometimes known as white ants, are a group of eusocial insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order, Isoptera. Termites feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of ... > more
• Storms
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Environmental Science
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Thunderstorm

  A thunderstorm, or an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder. It is usually accompanied by copious rainfall, hail, or rarely, ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Forest
  Environmental Science
  Oil Spills
  Ecology
   
  

  Smoulder

  Smouldering (or smoldering in American spelling) combustion is a flameless form of combustion, deriving its heat from oxidations occurring on the surface of a solid fuel. Common examples are the ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Nature
  Geography
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Effects of global warming

  The predicted effects of global warming are many and various, both for the environment and for human life. There is some speculation that global warming could, via a shutdown or slowdown of the ... > more
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Nature
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
  Biology
   
  

  Ecology

  Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms ... > more

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