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• 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
• Earth Science
  Sports Science
  Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Environmental Issues
  Aerospace
   
  

  Foucault pendulum

  A Foucault pendulum, or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Leon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the ... > more
• Wildfires
  Smoking
  Air Pollution
  Lung Cancer
  Air Quality
  Staying Healthy
   
  

  Smoke

  Smoke is a suspension in air (aerosol) of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves and lamps) and fireplaces, ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Weather
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Hurricane Isabel

  Hurricane Isabel was the ninth named storm, the fifth hurricane, the second major hurricane, and the only Category 5 hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Geography
  Weather
  Severe Weather
  Climate
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
   
  

  Monsoon

  A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. The word is also used to label the season in which this wind blows from the southwest in India and adjacent areas that ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Tornadoes
  Natural Disasters
  Climate
  Weather
   
  

  List of major natural disasters in the United States

  This is a list of major natural disasters in the United ... > more
• Geography
  El Nino and La Nina
  Severe Weather
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Water
   
  

  El Nino-Southern Oscillation

  El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific ocean signatures, El Niño and La Niña (also written in English as El Nino and La ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Weather
  Oil Spills
  Climate
   
  

  Preparations for Hurricane Katrina

  This article covers the details of the Preparations for Hurricane Katrina, a major category 5 hurricane that devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. By August 26 2005, the ... > more
• Caving
  Acid Rain
  Geography
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Water
   
  

  Limestone

  Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate: CaCO3). Limestones often contain variable amounts of silica in the form of chert or flint, as well as ... > more
• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Floods
  Geography
   
  

  Sea level

  Mean sea level (MSL) is the average (mean) height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level, however, involves complex measurement, and accurately ... > more

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