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• Wildfires
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  Firestorm

  A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. A firestorm is created as a result of the "chimney effect" as the heat of the original ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Hurricane Floyd

  Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Geomagnetic Storms
  Sun
  Solar Flare
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Wind Energy
   
  

  Solar wind

  A solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i.e., a plasma) which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star. When originating from stars other than the Earth's Sun, it is sometimes called a ... > more
• Oceanography
  Landslides
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  Environmental Science
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Coastal erosion

  Coastal erosion is common phrase referring to the loss of subaerial landmass into a sea or lake due to natural processes such as waves, winds and tides, or even due to human interference. Large ... > more
• Severe Weather
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  Climate
  Global Warming
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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
• Earthquakes
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  Tsunamis
  Oil Spills
  Geology
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  1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake

  The Izmit earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 which lasted for 45 seconds killed over 17,000 in northwestern Turkey on 17 August ... > more
• Water
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  Atmosphere
   
  

  Dew point

  The dew point or dewpoint of a given parcel of air is the temperature to which the parcel must be cooled, at constant barometric pressure, for the water vapor component to condense into water, called ... > more
• Weather
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  National Weather Service

  The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. It is tasked with ... > more
• Tornadoes
  Severe Weather
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  Climate
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  March 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence

  The March 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence was an early season and long lasting tornado outbreak sequence in the central United States that started on the morning of March 9 and continued for over four ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Weather
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  Hurricane Mitch

  Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever observed, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 ... > more

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