Geography

geodesy

Geodesy is the science that accurately measures and understands our planet’s geometric shape, its orientation in space, ...

hydrosphere

A hydrosphere is the total amount of water on a planet. The hydrosphere includes water that is on the surface of the planet, ...

vicariance

An example of vicariance is the separation of marine creatures on either side of Central America when the Isthmus of Panama ...

instability

The definition of instability is a lack of stability or balance, or a tendency towards unpredictable or erratic behavior. When ...

validation

Validate, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify, and authenticate all mean to attest to the truth or validity of ...

laccolith

A laccolith is a lensoid igneous intrusion that is concordant with the stratification or other type of banding in the host ...

terrace

A terrace is an external, raised, open, flat area in either a landscape (such as a park or garden) near a building, or as a ...

snow

Snow means particles of frozen water vapor, a mass of this substance or something that resembles this substance, or is slang ...

mineralized zone

Definition: A coherent zone of mineralized material within a mineral deposit. This may correspond to a lode, or vein, or ...

body

1 : the physical whole of a live or dead person or animal the human body. 2 : the main part of a person, animal, or plant She ...

atmospheric heat engine

Earth’s atmosphere acts like a gigantic heat engine, working on many of the same principles as your car’s engine. ...

groundwater

Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface. The upper surface of the saturated ...

citizenship

Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is ...

salt water weathering

Salt also works to weather rock in a process called haloclasty. Saltwater sometimes gets into the cracks and pores of rock. If ...

hyperreality

/ (?ha?p?r??l?t?) / noun plural -ties. an image or simulation, or an aggregate of images and simulations, that either distorts ...

symbiosis

symbiosis, any of several living arrangements between members of two different species, including mutualism, commensalism, and ...

oceanic core complexes

Overview. Target four key aspects of your cardiovascular health: cholesterol, triglycerides, homocysteine and oxidative ...

CORINE

Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) is a European programme initiated in 1985 by the European Commission, ...

teleconnections

The term “teleconnection pattern” refers to a recurring and persistent, large-scale pattern of pressure and ...

fiord

As nouns the difference between fiord and fjord is that fiord is a long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs while fjord is a ...

Suess cycle

The Gleissberg cycle, first identified in 1862, strengthens and weakens the 11-year cycle over the course of a century (shown ...

alternative food networks

Alternative food networks (AFNs) are commonly defined by attributes such as the spatial proximity between farmers and ...

aphotic zone

The aphotic zone (aphotic from Greek prefix ?- + ??? “without light”) is the portion of a lake or ocean where ...

great circle

The Equator is the only east-west line that is a great circle. All other parallels (lines of latitude) get smaller as you get ...

peneplain

Exhumed peneplains are those that are re-exposed after having been buried in sediments. The oldest identifiable peneplain in a ...

palaeoecology

A Paleoecologist studies the ecosystems of the past. Through information collected from fossils and subfossils, researchers ...

humanism

Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism or other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and ...

divestment

Divestment is the process of selling subsidiary assets, investments, or divisions of a company in order to maximize the value ...

territorial justice

The application of ideas of social justice to an area of territory; that is, the identification by a government of areas of ...

regelation

Definition of regelation: the refreezing of water derived from the melting of ice under pressure when the pressure is relieved.