committee on oceanic resources
111Mauna Kea — with its seasonal snow cap visible Elevation 4,205 m (13,796  …
112Qatar — State of Qatar دولة قطر Dawlat Qaṭar …
113Climate change mitigation — Fossil fuel related CO2 emissions compared to five of IPCC s emissions scenarios. The dips are related to global recessions. Data from IPCC SRES scenarios; …
114Communist Romania — Romanian People s Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania Republica Populară Romînă/Republica Socialistă România¹ Satellite state of the Soviet Union …
115Portland, Oregon — Portland   City   City of Portland Portland s skyline from the west, with Mount Hood on the left …
116Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… …
117National Weather Service — NWS Agency overview Formed February 9, 1870 Jurisdiction …
118Regulatory capture — In economics, regulatory capture occurs when a state regulatory agency created to act in the public interest instead advances the commercial or special interests that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. Regulatory… …
119Drought in the United States — A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photo: Arthur Rothstein. Drought in the United States is similar to that of other portions of the globe. Below normal precipitation leads to drought, which is… …
120literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
