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  • 1Donner Party timeline — provides an almost day to day basic description of events directly associated with the 1840s Donner Party pioneers, covering the journey from Illinois to California 2,500 miles (4,023 kilometers), over the Great Plains, two mountain ranges, and… …

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  • 2Global warming — This article is about the change in climate Earth is currently experiencing. For general discussion of how Earth s climate can change, see Climate change …

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  • 3Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …

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  • 4arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …

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  • 5New Zealand–United States relations — New Zealand–American relations United States …

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  • 6Permafrost — This article is about frozen ground. For other uses, see Permafrost (disambiguation). In geology, permafrost, cryotic soil or permafrost soil is soil at or below the freezing point of water (0 °C or 32 °F) for two or more years. Ice is not always …

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  • 7Colossal Squid — Taxobox name = Colossal Squid image caption =A drawing of a Colossal Squid. regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Cephalopoda ordo = Teuthida familia = Cranchiidae subfamilia = Taoniinae genus = Mesonychoteuthis genus authority = Robson,… …

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  • 8Cross-Strait relations — Territories currently administered by the two governments that formally use the name China: the PRC (in purple) and the ROC (in orange). The size of minor islands have been exaggerated in this map for ease of identification …

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  • 9Climate change in the Arctic — Very substantial decrease in Arctic Sea ice in 2007 from 2005 and also from 1979–2000 average …

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  • 10Colossal squid — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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