Environment

Indiscriminate hunting is believed to be the biggest factor that led to the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger or the thylacine.

January 19, 2018 12:55

World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8 every year for the conservation and protection of the oceans of the world.

January 18, 2018 12:01

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has two national parks and one national park reserve.

January 16, 2018 22:03

The insular islands are believed to have existed in Cretaceous period in the Pacific Ocean.

January 15, 2018 13:07

Located between Estonia and Latvia, the Gulf of Riga is a bay in the Baltic Sea.

January 13, 2018 13:20

The Volcanic Seven Second Summits are the second tallest volcanic summits on each continent.

January 12, 2018 14:48

The Alboran Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea.

January 12, 2018 13:34

An archipelago usually refers to a chain, cluster, or collection of islands.

January 12, 2018 11:46

Trade winds are are predominantly found in the Atlantic, Indian, and the Pacific Ocean.​

January 12, 2018 11:14

Graupel is a form of precipitation described as soft hail or snow pellets.

January 10, 2018 18:14

A food web is an interconnection of food chains, showing the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

January 10, 2018 16:19

The intertidal zone is the region of land below water at high tides and above water at low tides.

January 10, 2018 15:58

Headlands and bays are coast features that are often found along the same coastline.

January 10, 2018 15:35

Back-arc basins are geologic submarine features associated with island arcs.

January 9, 2018 18:10

A snow roller is a natural phenomenon in which wind creates a snowball.

January 8, 2018 13:53

Tornado Alley is a name for the area of the United States (and Canada) where tornadoes are most likely to occur. Why is this, and what exactly is a tornado?

January 8, 2018 11:27

The bazaar fly lives in close proximity to humans in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

January 4, 2018 17:46

Species can be monotypic or polytypic depending on the classification of the species into subspecies.

January 4, 2018 16:47

The Chilean Matorral Ecoregion is an ecoregion found in central Chile.

January 4, 2018 16:12

The Westerlies are winds that blow in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.

January 4, 2018 13:01