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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 (3,745 words) - 18:26, 6 June 2024
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 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
- 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
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
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- 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- 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
- Daspit Glacier (68°10′S 65°45′W / 68.167°S 65.750°W / -68.167; -65.750) is a glacier 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, flowing east-northeast along the...2 KB (208 words) - 21:45, 23 August 2022
Sordes was a small pterosaur from the late Jurassic (Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan. This genus was named in 1971 by Aleksandr...5 KB (617 words) - 00:57, 30 April 2023- Meridian Glacier (68°45′S 66°37′W / 68.750°S 66.617°W / -68.750; -66.617) is a broad glacier, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows south along...1 KB (164 words) - 04:57, 30 March 2023
