Environment

The effects that human beings have on the environment is referred to as the anthropogenic effect.

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There are 17 different species of hedgehogs.

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Studies have been done to try to determine the cause of the drought in California which occurred in the 2010s.

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Austria has seven national parks occupying a total area of 2,376 km², accounting for 2.8% of the country's total area.

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Porpoises are marine cetaceans that are closely related to the dolphins, and include the world's rarest cetacean, the vaquita.

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The Indian red scorpion, responsible for several cases of human deaths due to envenomation, is usually regarded as the deadliest scorpion species.

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Often called the cradle of humankind, Africa is the longest inhabited continent in the world.

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Running at a speed of 23 km/h, the highly venomous snake of Africa, the black mamba is one of the world's fastest living reptiles.

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The Sahara Sea is a hypothetical macro-engineering project that proposed the usage of the waters from the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea to flood the Sahara's endorheic basins.

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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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A shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake, the Salton Sea is the biggest lake in the US state of California.

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The following is a list of primates who have the largest populations on Earth, as per the best estimates.

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Anteaters are mammals who are known for their diet of ants and termites.

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The world's population of sharks have been threatened by habitat degradation, overfishing, bycatch, coastal and riverine development, and hunting.

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89.0% of the total energy requirement of Iceland is satisfied by non-fossil fuel energy sources, the highest among any countries of the world.

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The primary difference between cartilaginous and bony fishes is that the latter has a skeleton made of bone while the former has a cartilaginous skeleton.

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Despite its definite risk, nuclear energy still has the safest track record of any energy type.

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Wildlife conservation is the need of the day and demands unique and novel techniques and principles to be utilized in saving and protecting the wildlife of the world.

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

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

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