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What is a Carbon Offset?

“Carbon offset” refers to reductions that are made in the emission of greenhouse gasses in an attempt to compensate for other emissions.

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What are Benthic Animals?

Benthic animals, sometimes called benthos, refer to organisms who live at the lowest level of a body of water, including an ocean or a lake, sometimes even permanently attached to the bottom.

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What Is Diamond Dust?

Diamond dust is a type of cloud coverage that exists at the ground level.

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The Six Ecoregions Of The Sahara Desert

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 Alpine Four-Thousanders

The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation has recorded 82 peaks in the Alps with elevations of at least 4000 meters.

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