What Is The Environmental Impact Of Irrigation?
Irrigation schemes alter the natural hydrological features of a location and lead to changes in the natural quality of soil and water in the region where it is applied.
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Animals of the Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range that passes through Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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What Happened During The "Hands off Our Forest" Campaign In The UK?
The goal of the HOOF campaign is to maintain the Forest of Dean as publicly owned and managed land by insisting that the government respect the Forest Act of 1981.
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Why Are Bees Going Extinct?
Beekeepers have been noticing the rapid decline in their bee populations since at least the year 2006.
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Canadian Provinces/Territories By Percentage Of Protected Terrestrial Area
The Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, and Ontario have the highest percentage of protected terrestrial area.
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How Much Has The Sea Level Risen Since 1997?
Global warming triggers sea level rise. This fact becomes clear when we observe the data of sea level rise from 1998 to 2015.
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Megalania - The Largest Terrestrial Lizard That Ever Existed
Megalania, an extinct giant goanna or monitor lizard is the largest terrestrial lizard that ever existed on Earth.
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Which Snake Has The Longest Fangs And The Highest Venom Yield In The World?
The Gaboon viper living in sub-Saharan Africa has the longest fangs among snakes and also yields the highest amount of venom in a single bite.
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How Many Species Of Flamingos Live In The World?
Flamingos are beautiful birds that can be classified into six species.
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What Is A Lava Lake?
Lava lakes are massive bodies of lava that can be wholly molten, partially molten, or even solidified.
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The Unique Parrots Of New Zealand
A number of endemic parrot species inhabit New Zealand including the kea, kakapo, the New Zealand kaka, and more.
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What Is An Ecosystem Engineer?
Any organism that creates, alters, maintains, repairs, or destroys a habitat is known as an ecosystem engineer.
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The Importance of Conserving The Coral Triangle
The coral triangle refers to a roughly triangular area encompassing parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania that contain at least 500 species of reef-building corals.
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Galaxies Nearest To The Earth
Systems of stars and interstellar matter that make up the universe are called galaxies.
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What Is A Galaxy?
A systems of stars and interstellar matter in the universe is called a galaxy.
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What Is A Barrier Island?
Formed by wave and tidal action, a barrier island is an exceptionally flat type of dune system that lies parallel to the mainland coast.
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Where Is The Largest Delta In The World?
Covering an area of 75,000 square km, the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in India and Bangladesh is the world's largest.
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The Highest Major River In The World
The Yarlung Tsangpo River, the longest river of Tibet, runs for about 2000 km in China with an average elevation of 4,000 meters before entering India as the Brahmaputra River.
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What Is The Convention on Biological Diversity?
The Convention on Biological Diversity is a multilateral treaty with three main goals, the most significant being the conservation of biodiversity across the world.
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What is Radioactivity?
Radioactivity is also known as radioactive decay and refers to the process by which an unstable atom loses energy.
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