Environment

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

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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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There are 17 different species of hedgehogs.

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

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Green grasshoppers and brown locusts are close relatives of one another.

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In most cases, the production of plastic begins at an oil refinery.

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The summer solstice is also known is midsummer. It occurs when the axis of the planet is closer to that of its star - which, in the case of the Earth, is the sun.

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The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is the day with the shortest period of light.

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With an area of 348,750 square km, the Great Victoria Desert is Australia's largest desert.

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The variations in elevation, temperature, rainfall, and soil divides the Sahara Desert into several distinct ecoregions with distinct communities of plants and animals.

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

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

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

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

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