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Flora of Napa County, California
Napa County is a rural county in northern California encompassing nearly 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares), about 0.5 % of the landmass of the state. It is located 25 miles (40... More »
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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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European otter
The European otter (Lutra lutra) is a broadly distributed marine mammal found in both marine and freshwater systems over considerable portions of Europe, Asia and North Africa;... More »
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West Nile Virus
Since 1999, more than 30,000 people in the United States have been reported as getting sick with West Nile virus. Infected mosquitoes spread West Nile virus (WNV) that can... More »
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Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Andalucia,...
Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park lies along the Alboran Sea of the Mediterranean coast of Andalucia, Spain. The most arid area in the entirety of Europe, it boasts varied... More »
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Earth's atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is an envelope of gas that surrounds the Earth and extends from the Earth's surface out thousands of kilometres, becoming increasingly thinner (less dense)... More »
Valdivian temperate forests
Last Updated on 2013-05-22 at 01:13
The Valdivian temperate forests and the more hygrophilous vegetation of the Mediterranean area of central Chile, represent a true biogeographic island separated from... More »
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Last Updated on 2013-05-22 at 01:09
The Northeastern Congolian lowland forests contains endemic species and large areas of forest wilderness with intact animal and plant assemblages. Endemic species include the... More »
Central Pacific coastal forests
Last Updated on 2013-05-22 at 00:59
The Central Pacific Coastal Forests stretch from southern Oregon to the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Major habitats of this diverse region include sea stacks, sandy... More »
Hainan Island monsoon rainforests
Last Updated on 2013-05-21 at 20:13
Hainan Island, located in the South China Sea, supports extensive monsoon forest in its seasonally dry interior. Many endemic taxa have evolved here, and forest types resemble... More »
Myanmar coastal rainforests
Last Updated on 2013-05-21 at 19:55
The Myanmar coastal rainforests are a diverse set of climatic niches and habitats that include flora and fauna from the Indian, Indochina, and Sundaic regions. Though low in... More »
Vanuatu rainforests
Last Updated on 2013-05-21 at 19:51
The Vanuatu rainforests consist of more than eighty true oceanic islands, in two groups, at the edge of both the Australasian realm and the Pacific Basin. They contain fifteen... More »
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