Environment

The scientific study of caves and other karst features is referred to as Speleology.

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All three animals are big cats found with different or overlapping ranges.

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Water rights are guidelines which determine who is allowed to use water from a given source.

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Soil liquefaction describes soil that loses strength when immense stress is applied.

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Burkina Faso's national parks play a vital role in conserving the country's rare and endangered flora and fauna.

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There are 8 extant species of slow lorises living in today's world.

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Rift valleys are a linear-shaped lowlands between several highlands created by the action of a geologic fault or rift.

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Cover crop is planted in the agricultural field to serve a variety of purposes including the protection of the soil against erosion, weeds, and pests.

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The Saffir-Simpson scale, also known as SSHWS, is used to classify hurricanes and tropical storms.

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In scientific terms, a eukaryote is an organism that has cells within membranes.

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Vampire bats, the male duck-billed platypus, hedgehogs, moles, skunks, shrews, and solenodons are some of the venomous species of mammals living in the world today.

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The national parks of the Republic Of The Congo protect the unique flora and fauna of the country.

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Numerous mountaineers have died attempting to ascend or descend the Mount Everest and some disasters on the mountain have claimed more lives than ever.

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The Altiplano is the widest part of the Andes in west-central South America.

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A rapidly rotating column of air that spins while in contact with the Earth's surface below and a cumulonimbus cloud above, are called tornadoes or twisters.

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The gharial is a critically endangered species with fewer than 235 individuals surviving in the wild today.

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A minor planet is a term that refers to celestial objects that are neither a planet or a comet. One example of this is asteroids.

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Popular opinion says that GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are dangerous, possibly lethally so. Does scientific evidence back this up?

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Water scarcity is the term used when the water needs of a particular place are not being met.

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Mountain toucans are colorful birds belonging to four species found in the Andean region of South America.

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