Climate Change - How Bad Can It Get?
World Atlas takes a look at how severely humanity could be affected in the years to come by climate change.
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Cactus, Flora Of The Desert
The Family Cactaceae has almost 1,800 species, most of which are native to the Americas.
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What Does Contiguous Mean In Geography?
Contiguous refers to a geopolitical division that is not interrupted by other divisions of land or water.
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The Great Escarpment Of Southern Africa
The Great Escarpment covers large areas in and around South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
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The Ebro River Of Spain
The Ebro covers 578 miles between the mountains near Pico Tres Mares and the Mediterranean coast at Tarragona.
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What Is Evapotranspiration?
An integral part of the hydrological cycle, evapotranspiration includes the total water moved into the air from below.
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Sustained Yield Use In Forestry And Natural Resource Management
Sustained yield use allows people to obtain benefits from forests and other reserves of natural resources without undermining their ecological integrity.
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What Is The Water Table?
The water table is the top of the saturated zone where the water pressure and atmospheric pressure are equal.
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The Most Polluted River In The World: The Citarum River
The Citarum River in Indonesia is regarded as the most polluted river in the world.
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Kuril Islands Of The Northwest Pacific
This 800+ mile-long chain of volcanic islands has at times been highly disputed between Russia and Japan.
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Loess Soil And Ground Fertility
This wind-blown sediment is responsible in part for some of the world's most agriculturally productive areas.
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Most Polluted Cities In The United Kingdom
As per WHO reports, currently twelve urban areas in the United Kingdom exceed the safe upper limits of PM10 particulate air pollutants.
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What Is Crop Rotation?
Crop rotation is using the same piece of land to grow different crops in alternate years in an effort to maximize production.
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The Douro River Of Portugal And Spain
The Douro River is one of the most economically and hydrologically important rivers of the Iberian Peninsula.
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The Longest Non-Polar Glaciers In The World
Tajikistan is home to the longest non-polar glacier in the world, the 77-kilometer long Fedchenko Glacier.
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The Longest Rivers of Europe
Viewed as the national river of Russia, the Volga is the longest European River, flowing for a distance of 3,692 kilometers.
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The Solar System's Tallest Mountains
Curiously, only one mountain on Earth, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is tall enough from base to peak to be featured on this list. Read to learn why even Everest fails the test!
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Biggest Asteroid Impacts In Earth's History
Time and again, asteroid impacts on Earth have scarred the surface of the blue planet, leaving behind massive craters.
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National Animals Of African Countries
The leopard appears twice on the list of African countries' official National Animals, while Mauritius is represented by an extinct species.
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National Animals Of Asian Countries
With such biodiversity, it may come as little surprise that India couldn't settle on 1, 2, 3, or even just 4 national animals!
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