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Why Cities Run Hotter: The Urban Heat Island
An urban heat island is when a city runs warmer than the countryside around it. This piece covers Luke Howard’s early records in London, why pavement and buildings trap heat, how t
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What Are the Causes and Effects of Global Warming? What Are the Solutions?
Global warming is one of the most important environmental issues we face today. Since industrialization, a sharp increase in greenhouse gas emissions has caused Earth's average tem
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The Hot Wind That Crosses the Mountains: The Foehn Effect
Why can one side of a mountain range be cool and damp while the other is hot and dry? This article explains the foehn effect: how air changes temperature as it rises and descends o
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The Tragedy of Urban Areas Swallowed by the Ground: Sinkholes (Sinkhole)
The phenomenon in which an asphalt road you walk along every day or a yard in a quiet residential neighborhood suddenly collapses into an enormous hole is called a sinkhole. You ha
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How Does the Rainy Season Form, What Are Its Characteristics, and What Precautions Should You Take?
The rainy season, which invariably arrives each summer in Korea, affects many people in various ways. It causes inconvenience in daily life and sometimes leads to major disasters.
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Climate Change and the Effects of Humidity: Challenges for Humans and Ecosystems
The relationship between climate change and humidity is an important research topic in modern environmental science. It is essential to gain a thorough understanding of how climate
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When Glaciers Melt, the Land Rises: Isostasy
Isostasy is the idea that the crust floats on the denser mantle and balances at a height set by its thickness and density. This piece covers how the theory arose, the Airy and Prat
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The Boundary Between Earth's Crust and Mantle: The Mohorovičić Discontinuity
The Mohorovičić Discontinuity, or Moho, is the boundary between Earth's crust and the mantle below it. This article covers where the Moho lies, how a Croatian seismologist found it
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Understanding and Analyzing Earthquakes: How Can We Prepare?
Earthquakes are among the most unpredictable and destructive natural disasters. Originating within the Earth, earthquakes have caused immense loss of life and property throughout h
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The Rhythm of the Ice Ages: Milankovitch Cycles
Why has Earth swung back and forth between glacial and interglacial periods? This article explains the Milankovitch cycles, the slow but regular changes in Earth's orbit and axis:
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Who left this boulder here? The Glacial Erratic
If a boulder as big as a house sits alone in the middle of a field, and there is no similar stone anywhere nearby, where did it come from? With no mountains or cliffs in sight, peo
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Lightning and Thunder: Electrical Phenomena in Nature
Lightning is one of the most remarkable electrical phenomena produced by nature. The moment lightning flashes is not only visually beautiful but also conceals complex scientific pr