Environment

Torrential rain is defined as rain that accumulates at a rate of three tenths of an inch or more per hour.

November 15, 2017 15:42

The jaguar, cougar, jaguarundi, margay, ocelot, and the oncilla are the wild felids of Central America.

November 15, 2017 14:12

Altitudinal zonation refers to the natural layering of ecosystems with increasing altitude from sea level.

November 14, 2017 12:02

Semi-arid or steppe climates are regarded as intermediates between desert climates (BW) and humid climates.

November 13, 2017 15:01

A shrub swamp is a type of freshwater wetland ecosystem.

November 13, 2017 12:50

Soil science is the study of the properties of soil.

November 13, 2017 12:41

The islands in the Comoros hosts a number of species of birds found nowhere else in the world.

November 13, 2017 11:26

Geomatics was first introduced by a surveyor named Michael Paradis.

November 10, 2017 16:34

Several natural factors like global pandemics, asteroid impacts, extraterrestrial invasions, etc., could lead to a global catastrophe.

November 10, 2017 11:14

Several man-made factors like global warming, artificial intelligence, bioterrorism, etc., might trigger a catastrophic disaster in the future.

November 10, 2017 11:01

Subsidence is the downward shift of ground surface caused by natural occurrences or man-made conditions.

November 10, 2017 10:36

Viticulture deals with the science, study, and production of grapes.

November 9, 2017 15:41

Some places have a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from the rest of the areas surrounding the place.

November 9, 2017 15:00

The Aswan High Dam is located across the Nile in Egypt.

November 9, 2017 14:34

Although the sun often appears yellow, and changes colours at sunrise and sunset, the color of the sun is actually white.

November 8, 2017 12:59

A whale fall, a carcass of a cetacean, can create a complex localized ecosystem in the deep sea.

November 8, 2017 12:12

A ventifact is a rock or a stone shaped by the erosion of windblown particles.

November 8, 2017 11:58

The Badlands Guardian is a geographical formation found in southern Alberta.

November 7, 2017 17:15

An isohyet is a line on a map which connects points that have the same amounts of precipitation in a given period or for a particular storm.

November 6, 2017 15:57

An examination of 7 ways various species of animals can camouflage themselves.

November 6, 2017 11:00