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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 (12,394 words) - 19:05, 5 May 2024
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA /ˈnoʊ.ə/ NOH-ə) is a scientific and regulatory agency within the Washington, D...42 KB (4,218 words) - 19:56, 10 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 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 (3,824 words) - 19:33, 24 April 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
- 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
- A geographical pole or geographic pole is either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface. The North Pole lies in the...3 KB (335 words) - 18:46, 21 March 2023
- 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
- California Proposition 7, would have required California utilities to procure half of their power from renewable resources by 2025. In order to make that...22 KB (2,081 words) - 12:08, 6 July 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
- 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
- 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
- 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