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- Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe...14 KB (1,592 words) - 03:56, 24 February 2023
- A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below), is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction...43 KB (2,467 words) - 08:49, 22 May 2024
- A microclimate (or micro-climate) is a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often slightly but sometimes...30 KB (3,824 words) - 19:33, 24 April 2024
- Ice Gate Glacier (64°54′S 62°45′W / 64.900°S 62.750°W / -64.900; -62.750) is a narrow hanging glacier, tributary to Astudillo Glacier, between rock...2 KB (118 words) - 18:57, 5 March 2022
- Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History...10 KB (1,049 words) - 18:21, 17 January 2024
- Procolpochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene of what is now Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. Its fossils have been found in the...1 KB (69 words) - 14:51, 24 June 2021
- D'Entrecasteaux Islands /ˌdɒntrəˈkæstoʊ/ (French: [dɑ̃tʁəkasto]) are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province...9 KB (1,008 words) - 01:53, 26 April 2023
- Timber recycling or wood recycling is the process of turning waste timber into usable products. Recycling timber is a practice that was popularized in...5 KB (723 words) - 00:28, 23 February 2022
- The geology of Jersey is characterised by the Late Proterozoic Brioverian volcanics, the Cadomian Orogeny, and only small signs of later deposits from...19 KB (2,721 words) - 13:31, 25 April 2023
- Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites, many of which originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta and are part of the HED meteorite clan. They...4 KB (314 words) - 20:39, 28 September 2022
- The surface wave magnitude ( M s {\displaystyle M_{s}} ) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake...7 KB (921 words) - 08:30, 19 May 2023
- Indian environmental law concerns the law and policy of India concerning the protection of the environment, measures taken to reverse climate change and...6 KB (692 words) - 15:33, 5 July 2023
- The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) coordinates international efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). It links existing...7 KB (676 words) - 23:10, 8 January 2023
- Howardites are achondritic stony meteorites that originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite clan. There...3 KB (162 words) - 01:47, 20 June 2021
- Friederichsen Glacier (66°38′S 64°9′W / 66.633°S 64.150°W / -66.633; -64.150) is a glacier 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, which flows in an easterly...1 KB (146 words) - 10:15, 23 March 2023
- Nunataks, also called glacial islands, are exposed portions of ridges, mountains, or peaks not covered with ice or snow within (or at the edge of) an ice...57 KB (7,453 words) - 06:54, 9 May 2023
- Deville Glacier (64°48′S 62°35′W / 64.800°S 62.583°W / -64.800; -62.583) is a glacier flowing along the south side of the Laussedat Heights into Andvord...943 bytes (128 words) - 10:39, 23 March 2023
- Saussure Glacier (67°11′S 67°0′W / 67.183°S 67.000°W / -67.183; -67.000) is a glacier flowing northeast from Tyndall Mountains, Arrowsmith Peninsula...923 bytes (121 words) - 23:24, 30 March 2023
- Palaeosaurus (or Paleosaurus) is a genus of indeterminate archosaur known from two teeth found in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation and also either the...12 KB (1,265 words) - 22:28, 31 May 2023
- Arcadia is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians in the family Rhytidosteidae from the early Triassic. The remains were found in and named after...2 KB (109 words) - 16:58, 28 October 2022