natural environments
121Gorges State Park — North Carolina State Park Natural Monument (IUCN III) …
122Competence (biology) — In microbiology, genetics, cell biology and molecular biology, competence is the ability of a cell to take up extracellular ( naked ) DNA from its environment. Competence is distinguished into natural competence , a genetically specified ability… …
123Chernobyl disaster effects — The Chernobyl disaster triggered the release of substantial amounts of radiation into the atmosphere in the form of both particulate and gaseous radioisotopes. It is the most significant unintentional release of radiation into the environment to… …
124Radon — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Radon (disambiguation). astatine ← radon → francium Xe ↑ Rn ↓ Uuo …
125Orbital (The Culture) — Orbital illustration, with no apparent Hub In Iain M. Banks fictional Culture universe, an Orbital (sometimes also simply called an O or a small ring) is a purpose built space habitat forming a massive ring (though much smaller than a ringworld)… …
126Clair Cameron Patterson — Born June 2, 1922 Mitchellville, Iowa, U.S Died December 5, 1995(1995 12 05) (aged 73) Sea Ranch, California, U.S …
127Prospect Park (Brooklyn) — Infobox nrhp | name =Prospect Park nrhp type = caption = location= Brooklyn, New York area = built =October 19, 1867 architect= Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux added = September 17, 1980 governing body = Local refnum=80002637 cite… …
128Planetary engineering — is the application of technology for the purpose of influencing the global properties of a planet. [cite book| authorlink=Martyn J. Fogg| last=Fogg| first=Martyn J.| year=1995| title=Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments| publisher=SAE …
