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31Port of South Louisiana — The Port of South Louisiana is the largest volume shipping port in the Western Hemisphere and 9th largest in the world. [http://aapa.files.cms plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202005.xls AAPA World Port Rankings 2005] ] It is the… …
32Nord Stream — Location of Nord Stream Location Country Russia, Germany General direction …
33Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
34Sellafield — Aerial view of the site …
35Bouri Field — Infobox Oil field name = Bouri Field country = Libya coordinates = locblock = Pelagian Basin Block NC41 offonshore = Offshore operators = flagicon|Italy Eni partners = flagicon|Libya National Oil Corporation caption = discovery = 1976… …
36Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …
37Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
382011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami — 2011 Miyagi earthquake redirects here. For the aftershock that occurred on 7 April, see April 2011 Miyagi earthquake. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 東日本大震災 An aerial view of damage in the Tōhoku region with black smoke coming from the Nippon… …
39Petroleum in Nigeria — The extraction and drilling of petroleum in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent s most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s,… …
40United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
