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Interesting hurricane facts for kids0
- Climate, Environment, Science Fun Facts
- September 5, 2014
Everything You Need to Know About Hurricanes (and maybe more!) If you’re looking for facts about hurricanes, you’ve come to the right place! Hurricanes are one of nature’s most powerful forces and can cause massive destruction over wide areas. Hurricane vs. Cyclone Of course, the first thing you need to know is what a hurricane
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Plastics are dumped in ocean. what damage is it causing?0
- Environment, Pollution, Science news for kids
- June 20, 2014
Since the beginning of the plastic era in the 20th century, more and more plastics have been produced for consumer goods, packaging, and even tools and equipment parts. Plastics are made from oil, and it’s estimated that roughly 8% of the oil that the world currently produces goes into plastics. Not only is a lot
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Polar Ice Caps Melting – global climate change0
- Climate, Environment, Science news for kids
- July 11, 2014
In March, 2014, scientists stunned the world with news that a massive ice sheet covering West Antarctica is melting, and that the melting is actually speeding up and unstoppable! In March, 2014, scientists stunned the world with news that a massive ice sheet covering West Antarctica is melting, and that the melting is actually speeding
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What causes global warming? Interesting facts to know ?0
- Curious questions, Environment, Global warming
- August 22, 2014
The Facts Behind Global Warming? Here’s a hot topic that seems to be in the news every day, including debate about whether it’s real or not and whether humans are causing it if it is. But just how much do you know about what global warming is and what causes it? What is Global Warming?
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What is a Tornado? What causes Tornadoes?0
- climate, Curious questions, Environment
- September 26, 2014
Tornado, twister, waterspout, cyclone – these are all names for one of weather’s fiercest and most destructive phenomena. Tornados can come in different sizes and levels of intensity, but one thing is for sure – you don’t want to get in the way of one! Their strong winds can rip up anything in their path,
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What is climate change?0
- climate, Curious questions, Environment
- September 15, 2014
What is climate change? Bob the duck wants to understand more about climate change. Let us go on an adventure with him! Bob’s story: Bob and his family like to travel to the warmer regions when the cold winter comes and their food becomes buried in the snow. He and his family felt the winter
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What is pollution?0
- Curious questions, Environment, Pollution
- February 20, 2015
Going by definition, pollution is introduction of man made or nature-made contaminants into a natural environment. However to really understand what’s pollution and how it affects us, we first have to know what’s environment and realize our place in it. Environment and Pollution Our environment is the sum total of all natural things such as
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What is the green house effect?0
- Curious questions, Environment, Global warming
- December 26, 2014
Have you ever heard about the greenhouse effect? A greenhouse is a house that is specially made for plants to grow in. It is usually made up from glass or a see-through material so that the rays of the sun can get into the greenhouse for plants to photosynthesize (the process where plants make their
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What makes thunder and lightning?0
- Climate, Environment, Science Fun Facts
- October 11, 2013
All you have to do is step outside in the middle of a storm and you can see that thunder and lightning put on one of the most incredible light shows in the natural world. But how are thunder and lightning made? Have you ever walked across a carpet and gotten a shock when you
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