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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the generation of electricity from controlled reactions within the nucleii of atoms that release energy used to boil water, the steam from which drives a... More »
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Rooftop runoff contamination
[The lead author of this article is Dennis Lye] Rooftop runoff contamination is receiving increasing attention as environmental and health issues, particularly as human... More »
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Ecological pyramids
Ecological pyramids are diagrams that illustrate how ecologically important factors, such as energy, biomass, and population size, vary between trophic levels in an ecosystem.... More »
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Jamaican dry forests
Jamaican dry forests is an ecoregion that covers a minority of the land area of the nation island of Jamaica, which ranks fifth among the Earth's islands in terms of endemic plant... More »
Switzerland
Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 20:12
Switzerland is a landlocked nation of over seven-and-a-half million people in central Europe, east of France, north of Italy. It is at the crossroads of northern and... More »
Pollution: agricultural operations
Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 14:39
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Pollution: Agricultural Operations
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Pliocene
Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 14:31
Editor's note: The Pliocene is the period of the geologic timescale that spans the era from approximately 5.331 to 2.588 million years ago. It preceeds the Pleistocene... More »
Great Basin shrub steppe
Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 04:23
The Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion is situated in the most northerly of the four American deserts. Unlike the other three, which have almost exclusive ties to... More »
Nonpoint source
Last Updated on 2013-06-18 at 02:18
A nonpoint source refers to a source of pollution from an origin other than a well defined point. The term is most often applied to air pollution, water pollution and noise... More »
Tamarix control
Last Updated on 2013-06-17 at 17:10
Tamarix control is a significant invasive species issue in the western USA, especially in the American southwest. The woody plant genus Tamarix, also , also known by the... More »
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