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• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
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  Trees
   
  

  Kudzu

  Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles extensively over lower vegetation. Kudzu is sometimes ... > more
• Desert
  Geography
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  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Drought Research
   
  

  Desert

  In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation. Generally deserts are defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm ... > more
• Oceanography
  Geography
  Earth Science
  Water
  Ecosystems
  Ecology
   
  

  Ocean

  Though generally recognized as several 'separate' oceans, these waters comprise one global, interconnected body of salt water often referred to as the World Ocean or global ocean. This concept of a ... > 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
• Tornadoes
  Severe Weather
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  List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

  These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the ... > more
• Depression
  Gene Therapy
  Mental Health Research
  Mental Health
  Psychiatry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  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
• Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Organic
  Nature
   
  

  Heirloom plant

  An heirloom plant is an open-pollinated cultivar that was commonly grown during earlier periods in human history, but which is not used in modern large-scale agriculture. Since most popular heirloom ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Environmental Policy
  Weather
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Timeline of Hurricane Katrina

  This Wikipedia article contains a detailed historical timeline of the events of Hurricane Katrina. At approximately 8:14 AM CDT (1314 UTC) on Monday August 29, 2005, the New Orleans office of the ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Climate
  Geography
  Oceanography
  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  Antarctic ice sheet

  The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million square km and contains 30 million cubic km of ice. Around 90 percent of the fresh water on ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Exotic Species
  Atmosphere
  Air Quality
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Volcanic ash

  Volcanic ash consists of very fine rock and mineral particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic vent. Ash is created when solid rock shatters and magma separates into minute ... > more

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