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  • Thumbnail for Resource depletion
    Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Natural resources are commonly divided between renewable resources...
    46 KB (6,310 words) - 13:57, 2 November 2024
  • Resource refers to all the materials available in our environment which are technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally sustainable...
    13 KB (1,617 words) - 15:38, 7 August 2024
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    cyclical patterns known as Milankovitch cycles. The annual change in the Earth–Sun distance causes an increase of about 6.8% in solar energy reaching Earth at...
    218 KB (19,311 words) - 09:36, 12 November 2024
  • The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty or the poverty paradox, is the hypothesis that countries with an abundance of natural resources...
    90 KB (10,850 words) - 13:18, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rare-earth element
    Rare-earth elements in the periodic table The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths, and sometimes the lanthanides...
    154 KB (16,462 words) - 06:30, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Natural resource management
    Natural resource management (NRM) is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how...
    47 KB (5,308 words) - 14:31, 31 August 2024
  • industry, to work organizations, the consumption patterns of households and individuals, and the resource demands of individual goods and services. The underlying...
    54 KB (7,061 words) - 12:14, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Satellite imagery
    100 kilograms (220 lb). Earth Resource Observation Satellites, better known as "EROS" satellites, are lightweight, low earth orbiting, high-resolution...
    31 KB (3,474 words) - 20:29, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Islamic geometric patterns
    and variety of patterns used evolved from simple stars and lozenges in the ninth century, through a variety of 6- to 13-point patterns by the 13th century...
    52 KB (5,272 words) - 05:18, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Conservation biology
    Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems...
    136 KB (14,684 words) - 17:47, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Earth system science
    climate science. The Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, offers the following description: "Earth System science embraces chemistry, physics...
    18 KB (2,200 words) - 15:56, 29 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snowball Earth
    Snowball Earth 1999 overview by Paul F. Hoffman and Daniel P. Schrag, 8 August 1999 Snowball Earth web site Exhaustive on-line resource for snowball Earth by...
    102 KB (12,217 words) - 08:14, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Earth Day
    seasons, although weather patterns evolve earlier. John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global holiday called "Earth Day" at the 1969 UNESCO Conference...
    109 KB (12,336 words) - 19:19, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Future of Earth
    future of Earth can be extrapolated based on the estimated effects of several long-term influences. These include the chemistry at Earth's surface, the...
    98 KB (10,926 words) - 18:29, 12 November 2024
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    Satellite (redirect from Earth satellite)
    weather forecasting, navigation (GPS), broadcasting, scientific research, and Earth observation. Additional military uses are reconnaissance, early warning...
    60 KB (6,354 words) - 22:04, 5 November 2024
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    Commons (redirect from Collective resource)
    social practice of governing a resource not by state or market but by a community of users that self-governs the resource through institutions that it creates...
    57 KB (7,167 words) - 19:05, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Earth Summit
    the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92, Cúpula da Terra), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. Earth Summit...
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  • Thumbnail for Bird migration
    Antarctic each year. Some species of tubenoses, such as albatrosses, circle the Earth, flying over the southern oceans, while others such as Manx shearwaters...
    99 KB (11,250 words) - 18:19, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hydrosphere
    the surface of a planet, minor planet, or natural satellite. Although Earth's hydrosphere has been around for about 4 billion years, it continues to...
    15 KB (1,815 words) - 08:44, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Exploitation of natural resources
    sustainability. Globalization has significantly impacted resource exploitation by reshaping patterns of production, consumption, and trade on a global scale...
    45 KB (5,031 words) - 03:22, 10 September 2024
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