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Parent topics

• Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge based on non–trivial refutable concepts that can be verified or rejected on the base of observation and experimentation ^[e]

Subtopics

• Acid rain [r]: Deposition of acidified rain, snow, sleet, hail, gases and particles, and acidified fog and cloud water, due to nitric or sulfuric acid pollution. ^[e]
• Age (geology) [r]: The fundamental chronostratigraphic unit. ^[e]
• Air pollution dispersion modeling [r]: Describes the basic mathematical simulation (i.e., modeling) of how buoyant air pollutants disperse in the atmosphere. ^[e]
• Air Quality Index [r]: A number used by government agencies to characterize the quality of the ambient air at a given location. ^[e]
• Biostratigraphy [r]: A domain of stratigraphy that involves the identification of fossils and their position relative to their occurrences in space and time. ^[e]
• Cambrian (geology) [r]: First geologic period of Palaeozoic time stretching approximately from 550 to 480 million years BP. ^[e]
• Chronostratigraphy [r]: The branch of stratigraphy that studies the relative time relations and ages of rock bodies. ^[e]
• Geochronometry [r]: A branch of stratigraphy and of geochronology aimed at the quantitative measurement of geologic time. ^[e]
• Geochronology [r]: Science of determining the absolute age of rocks, fossils, and sediments, within a certain degree of uncertainty inherent within the method used. ^[e]
• Geologic ages of earth history [r]: Measurement of the geologic history of the earth which can be broadly classified into two periods: the Precambrian supereon and the Phanerozoic eon. ^[e]
• Geomorphology [r]: The study of the landforms and geological history of an area, the processes that have shaped the landscape, and the time period over which these processes occur. ^[e]
• Geophysics [r]: The study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods, namely seismic, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, thermal and radioactivity methods. ^[e]
• Global warming [r]: The increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. ^[e]
• Greenhouse effect [r]: A general attribute of planets and moons with atmospheres denoting an imbalance between surface radiation and top-of-atmosphere radiation due to the presence of greenhouse gases. ^[e]
• Hydrology [r]: The interdisciplinary study of the movement, characteristics and distribution of water, surface-water (fresh water and salt water), groundwater, and water-quality. ^[e]
• Lithostratigraphy [r]: Stratigraphy based on the interpretation of physical and petrographic properties of rocks. ^[e]
• Magnetostratigraphy [r]: Studies of the magnetic characteristics of rocks. ^[e]
• National Center for Atmospheric Research [r]: A non-governmental U.S.-based institute whose mission is "exploring and understanding our atmosphere and its interactions with the Sun, the oceans, the biosphere, and human society." ^[e]
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [r]: A scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. ^[e]
• Natural environment [r]: A term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region of Earth. ^[e]
• Oceanography [r]: The scientific study of the oceans. ^[e]
• Ocean heat content [r]: The amount of heat stored in the oceans which is used by scientists to analyze and project climate change. ^[e]
• Palynology [r]: The science of the study of contemporary and fossil palynomorphs as well as associated particulate organic matter (POM) in sedimentary strata. ^[e]
• Sedimentary geology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stage (geology) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stratigraphy [r]: Add brief definition or description

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• Geomorphology [r]: The study of the landforms and geological history of an area, the processes that have shaped the landscape, and the time period over which these processes occur. ^[e]