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Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range...109 KB (12,320 words) - 18:46, 7 June 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA /ˈnoʊ.ə/ NOH-ə) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting...43 KB (4,233 words) - 16:06, 27 May 2024
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as...52 KB (6,539 words) - 00:34, 13 May 2024
A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below), is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction...43 KB (2,467 words) - 08:49, 22 May 2024
A microclimate (or micro-climate) is a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often slightly but sometimes...30 KB (3,745 words) - 18:26, 6 June 2024- A cold wave (known in some regions as a cold snap, cold spell or Arctic Snap) is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air. Specifically...81 KB (10,848 words) - 09:01, 25 April 2024
Talev Glacier (Bulgarian: Талев ледник, romanized: Talev lednik, IPA: [ˈtalɛf ˈlɛdnik]) is the 4 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula,...3 KB (215 words) - 00:35, 14 June 2023- Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies...12 KB (1,696 words) - 08:01, 6 June 2023
The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34:12 local time...141 KB (11,609 words) - 20:25, 24 May 2024
Oates Land is a region of Antarctica. It is variously defined as a portion of the East Antarctica near the coast stretching along and inland from the Oates...2 KB (256 words) - 09:08, 1 January 2022
Socorro Island (Spanish: Isla Socorro) is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the country's...20 KB (1,931 words) - 03:28, 27 November 2023
Nigerian passports are issued to Nigerian citizens to travel outside of Nigeria. Nigeria now offers only electronic passports for new passport applications...4 KB (184 words) - 09:10, 8 May 2024
A swell, also sometimes referred to as ground swell, in the context of an ocean, sea or lake, is a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the...21 KB (2,772 words) - 16:25, 6 November 2023- Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options is a United Nations report, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United...16 KB (1,577 words) - 07:57, 6 March 2024
D'Entrecasteaux Islands /ˌdɒntrəˈkæstoʊ/ (French: [dɑ̃tʁəkasto]) are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province...9 KB (1,008 words) - 01:53, 26 April 2023
Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine-grained sediment that accumulates as the result of the settling of particles to the floor of the open ocean, far...9 KB (919 words) - 20:09, 1 March 2023- Michael Barne (15 October 1877 – 31 May 1961) was an officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition. Barne was born at Sotterley Park, Suffolk, the son of...5 KB (519 words) - 20:08, 11 May 2023
The Cerithioidea is a superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithoidea are included unassigned...11 KB (1,095 words) - 14:54, 26 July 2021
Suchosaurus (meaning "crocodile lizard") is a spinosaurid dinosaur from Cretaceous England and Portugal, originally believed to be a genus of crocodile...17 KB (1,866 words) - 11:08, 7 May 2023- Asiahesperornis is a prehistoric foot-propelled diving toothed[citation needed] flightless bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. The single known species...3 KB (190 words) - 23:57, 7 July 2022