climate climatic system
61Humid continental climate — worldwide   Dsa …
62Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — The goal of the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) space mission is to obtain accurate global and high resolution determination of both the static and the time variable components of the Earth s gravity field. GRACE is intended to… …
63Calcicolous grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system — This article gives an overview of the calcicolous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.IntroductionThe calcicolous grassland communities of the NVC were described in Volume 3 of British Plant Communities …
64Pleistocene Epoch — Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene began с 1.8 million years ago and ended с 10,000 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch of the Tertiary Period and followed by the Holocene… …
65Geoengineering — Not to be confused with Geotechnical engineering. An oceanic phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina. Encouraging such blooms with iron fertilization could lock up carbon on the seabed. The modern concept of… …
66Ecological succession — Succession after disturbance: a boreal forest one (left) and two years (right) after a wildfire. Ecological succession, is the phenomenon or process by which a community progressively transforms itself until a stable community is formed. It is a… …
67mountain ecosystem — ▪ ecology Introduction complex of living organisms in mountainous areas. Mountain lands provide a scattered but diverse array of habitats in which a large range of plants (plant) and animals (animal) can be found. At higher altitudes… …
68Panama — Panamanian /pan euh may nee euhn, mah /, adj., n. Panamic /pa nam ik/, adj. /pan euh mah , maw /, n. 1. a republic in S Central America. 2,693,417; 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km). 2. Also called Panama City. a city in and the capital of Panama,… …
69San Diego — This article is about the city in California. For the metropolitan area, see San Diego metropolitan area. For other meanings of San Diego , see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego   City   City of San Diego …
70Houston — This article is about the U.S. city. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). City of Houston   City   …
