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• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Genetics
  Nature
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Plant breeding

  Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. This manipulation involves either controlled pollination, ... > more
• Extinction
  Dinosaurs
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  Fossils
  Early Climate
   
  

  Extinction event

  An extinction event (also extinction-level event, ELE) occurs when a large number of species die out in a relatively short period of time. Since life began on Earth, a number of major mass ... > more
• Acid Rain
  Food Additives
  Air Quality
  Dietary Supplement
  Air Pollution
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Sulfur dioxide

  Sulfur dioxide (also sulphur dioxide, sulfurous anhydride or sulphurous anhydride) has the chemical formula SO2. The gas is irritating to the lungs and is frequently described as smelling of burning ... > more
• Global Warming
  Fish
  Geography
  Marine Biology
  Oceanography
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Antarctic krill

  The Antarctic krill is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic krill are shrimp-like invertebrates that live in large schools, called swarms, sometimes ... > more
• Geology
  Sports Science
  Climate
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Nature of Water
   
  

  Metamorphic rock

  Metamorphic rock is the result of the transformation of a pre-existing rock type, the protolith, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form". The protolith is subjected to heat and ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food Additives
  Sports Science
  Sports Medicine
  Chemistry
   
  

  Chlorine

  Chlorine is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is a halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17. As the chloride ion, which is part of common salt and other compounds, ... > more
• Air Quality
  Global Warming
  Sports Science
  Environmental Issues
  Acid Rain
  Chemistry
   
  

  Sulfur hexafluoride

  Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a gas whose molecules consist of one sulfur atom and six fluorine atoms. It is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, and non-flammable, and is soluble in water and some other ... > more
• Geography
  Global Warming
  Oceanography
  Earth Science
  Weather
  Climate
   
  

  Bermuda Triangle

  The Bermuda Triangle (also known as Devil's Triangle) is a 1.5-million-square-mile area of ocean roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and the southern tip of Florida. Some believe it is a ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
  Geography
  Environmental Science
   

  Scientific opinion on climate change

  Various prominent bodies have commented on global warming, most notably the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). National and international scientific groups have issued statements both ... > more
• Fossils
  Environmental Policy
  Extinction
  Ice Ages
  Origin of Life
  Early Climate
   
  

  Cambrian

  The Cambrian is a major division of the geologic timescale that begins about 542 Ma (million years ago) at the end of the Proterozoic eon and ended about 488.3 Ma with the beginning of the Ordovician ... > more

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