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![]() | 51 unreviewed articles as of 14 August 2024
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2024-03-23 | Renewable Energy Resources Act | The Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980 or Renewable Energy Initiatives (REI) is legislation passed by the 96th U.S. Congress to incentivize the use of renewable energy resources. It was enacted with five other acts by the Energy Security Act of 1980. | Stub | Starlighsky (5509) | |
2024-03-08 | NDHU College of Environmental Studies and Oceanography (School of Environmental Studies and Oceanography of National Dong Hwa University (NDHU)) | NDHU College of Environmental Studies and Oceanography (NDHU CESO; Chinese: 國立東華大學環境暨海洋學院; pinyin: Dōnghuá Huánjìng Jì Hǎiyáng Xuéyuàn) is an interdisciplinary school of Environmental Studies and Oceanography of National Dong Hwa University (NDHU). Founded in 2009, NDHU CESO is formed as Taiwan's first school for Environmental Studies through merger of Graduate Institute of Natural Resources Management, Graduate Institute of Environmental Policy, Graduate Institute of Ecological and Env ... | C | Decasurger (1625) | |
2024-05-19 | List of Brazil tornadoes in 2024 | This article documents all tornadoes confirmed by the "REVOT/PRETS (PREVOTS)" group, SAHMI or various meteorological offices or universities across Brazil during 2024. Unlike the United States, both the original Fujita Scale and the Enhanced Fujita Scale are used to rank tornadoes across the country. | Start | Goetikon (124) | |
2024-05-29 | CEN/TC 264 (technical decision making body within the CEN system) | CEN/TC 264 (CEN Technical Committee 264) is a technical decision-making body within the CEN system working on standardization in the field of air quality in the European Union. Its goal is to develop functional standards, and methods for air quality characterisation of emissions, ambient air, indoor air, gases in and from the ground and deposition, in particular measurement methods for air pollutants (for examp ... | Start | Stratokumulus (35) | |
2024-02-22 | Geothermal power in South Korea | Geothermal power in South Korea remains largely untapped due to geological constraints, as the country lacks the high-temperature resources typically associated with active volcanoes or significant tectonic activities. Instead, the focus has shifted towards the direct use of geothermal energy through ground-source or geothermal heat pumps (GSHPs), with the installed capacity reaching approximately 1.685 GWth by the end of 2022. | Start | LandAndTree (2148) | |
2024-05-30 | 1898 Ambon earthquake | On January 6, 1898, a large earthquake devastated Ambon Island. Damage was easily observed all over the 743km2 island. Photographs taken before and after the event show extensive damage to Fort Victoria Hospital and numerous other buildings (see photos in Naamloze, 1989). | Stub | Inharmswayhelp (17) | |
2024-05-19 | Yehuda Zisapel (Israeli businessman and entreperneur) | Yehuda Zisapel (Hebrew: יהודה זיסאפל, April 12, 1942 - March 10, 2024) was an Israeli entrepreneur, businessman and philanthrope. He founded the RAD Group of companies with his brother, Zohar Zisapel. | C | GidiD (1419) | Past AfD |
2024-06-18 | Pan African Resource Reporting Code | The Pan-African Resource Reporting Code (PARC) is a standardized framework for public reporting of African mineral and energy resources. Developed under the auspices of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), PARC aims to enhance transparency, consistency, and competence in the certification and reporting processes within the African mining sector. | Start | Tharikrish (1599) | Possible spam |
2024-06-16 | Interior light | An interior light is a type of light that is generally used to illuminate the cabin of a vehicle. Interior lighting setups can vary greatly in both complexity and size, and certain vehicles, depending on a number of factors, may use simpler, more utilitarian lighting configurations, or choose to incorporate grander systems (known as ambient lighting). | Start | Hallöchennochmal (402) | Possible spam |
2024-05-06 | Climate change, food security, and migration | There is a relationship between climate change, food security, and migration. Climate change's effects on the processing, storage, transportation, and consumption of food as well as on agriculture will diminish food security. Climate change threatens food access and utilization separately as well as the stability of each. | B | Abella16 (128) | |
2024-07-01 | Rajdevi Mandir, Janakpur (Hindu temple in Madhesh Pradesh, Nepal) | Rajdevi Mandir (Maithili: राजदेवी मन्दिर) at Janakpurdham is the Kuldevi temple of the King Janaka in the ancient Mithila Kingdom. It is located at a distance of a few steps from the Janaki Mandir in Janakpur. | Start | Sntshkumar750 (2799) | |
2024-05-13 | Polymetallic ore (Complex metal ores) | Polymetallic ores (from poly... and "metals") or multimetal ores are complex ores containing a number of chemical elements, among which the most important are lead and zinc. In addition, polymetallic ores can contain copper, gold, silver, cadmium, sometimes bismuth, tin, indium and gallium. | Start | Loukus999 (2469) | |
2024-06-19 | Lucas Mallada y Pueyo (Spanish writer and engineer) | Lucas Mallada y Pueyo was a Spanish geologist and mining engineer. He is considered the most important Spanish geologist of the second half of the 19th century and the founder of Spanish scientific paleontology. | C | Bergminer (129) | |
2024-06-06 | Offshore solar | Offshore solar refers to the installation of solar panels on bodies of water in the ocean, ports, bays, or estuaries. Offshore solar installations take two main forms, floating offshore solar and fixed-bottom offshore solar. Floating solar systems support solar panels on floating platforms moored to the seafloor; fixed-bottom solar systems support the panels on a rigid structure resting on the ocean floor. | C | Charlottemarston (13) | |
2024-06-15 | Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience | The Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) is a geophysical facility for geoscience research and education. It focuses on research of our planet's surface deformation with unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution. GAGE is one of the two premier geophysical facilities in support of geoscience and geoscience education of the National Science Foundation (NSF). | Start | Starlighsky (5509) | |
2024-07-14 | Dubose Oil Products Co. (2004 US Environmental law) | The Dubose Oil Products Company was located near Highway C97 in the Cantonment, Florida area. | C | TriosLosDios (807) | |
2024-07-11 | Africa Climate Change Fund | The Africa Climate Change Fund, often known as the Fund or ACCF, is a multi-donor trust fund that is specifically designed to support the African Development Bank's (AfDB) efforts to finance climate change three times as much as possible while also advancing the bank's mission to create an Africa that is resilient to climate change. | C | Abdul-Rauf Moshie (197) | |
2014-06-24 | Eau Claire Formation (American geologic formation) | The Eau Claire Formation is a geologic formation in the north central United States. It preserves trilobite fossils from the Cambrian Period. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2024-05-23 | Victoria (dinosaur) (Specimen of the species Tyrannosaurus rex) | Victoria is a specimen of the species Tyrannosaurus rex recognized for its well-preserved and nearly complete skeleton, making it the second most complete T. rex finds in recent history. Victoria got her name in the lab in Victoria, British Columbia, where it was studied and restored. | Start | DotBalls (30) | |
2024-07-16 | 1955 Gough Expedition (research expedition to Gough Island in the South Atlantic, led by John B. Heaney.) | The 1955 Gough Island Scientific Survey was a scientific expedition undertaken in 1955 through 1956 from England to Gough Island, to study various aspects of the island's flora and fauna and to perform geological and cartographic surveys. It was led by John B. | Start | Richlitt (209) | |
2013-03-16 | Edwardsville Formation | The Edwardsville Formation is a geological structure in the Borden Group, of the Lower Mississippian sub system, (Osagean, late Tournaisian). Crinoids fossils can be found in the formation. | Stub | NotWith (61905) | |
2011-07-12 | Munising Formation (Geologic formation in Michigan and Ontario) | The Munising Group or Formation is a 1,700 feet (520 m) thick, white to light grey Cambrian sedimentary unit that crops out in Michigan and (to a lesser extent) Ontario. At one end of its extent, it comprises a basal conglomerate overlain by the Chapel Rock Member and the Miners Castle Member; elsewhere, it comprises the Eau Claire, Galesville (=Dresbach), and Franconia Members. | Stub | Smith609 (38069) | |
2024-07-09 | Legal framework for environmental protection in Rwanda | Rwanda has made significant strides in developing a legal framework to protect the environment, promote sustainable land use, and ensure community participation. The country's commitment to environmental protection is evident in its comprehensive laws, policies, and institutional frameworks. | GA | KingVik Planet (90) | |
2014-07-29 | Pötschenkalk (Geological formation) | The Pötschenkalk is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Triassic period. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2018-10-23 | Spickert Knob Formation | The Spickert Knob Formation is a geologic formation in Indiana. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2024-05-30 | Eddy Tree Breeding Station | The Eddy Tree Breeding Station, also called the Institute of Forest Genetics and Eddy Abortorium is a historical forestry research center located in Placerville, California. It is located at 2480 Carson Road. It was established in 1925 by James Garfield Eddy of Seattle. | Start | Morainelake (140) | |
2023-08-29 | Sea Point contact zone (geologic boundary in Cape Town, South Africa) | The Sea Point contact zone is a geologic boundary where the Malmesbury Group was intruded by molten granite, and can be seen at Sea Point. It extends over a width of about 150 meters. The Sea Point contact was first described in 1818 by the British naturalist Clark Abel. | Start | Pbsouthwood (143247) | |
2024-01-27 | Slava Leontyev (Ukrainian soldier and film director) | Slava Leontyev is a Ukrainian artist, former soldier, and co-director of Porcelain War, winner of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary. | Stub | Sj (25703) | |
2014-06-24 | Davis Formation | The Davis Formation is a geologic formation in Indiana and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2024-07-11 | Africa Renewable Energy Initiative | The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) is an African initiative to increase the use of renewable energy on the continent. | Start | Abdul-Rauf Moshie (197) | |
2024-07-30 | Round Mountain Volcano (California) (Round Mountain Volcano - California) | Round Mountain (a dormant Volcanic Cinder Cone located in the Clearlake Volcanic field) is located in the eastern end of the High Valley It last erupted approximately 8,500-10,000 years ago and filled the valley with volcanic debris and raised the valley level to 400 feet above Clear Lake. | Start | ChrisBakerBrassfield (27) | |
2024-04-25 | Climate change and crime | Research suggests a complex relationship between climate change and crime. As global temperatures rise, some studies indicate an increase in crime rates, especially violent crimes. However, the evidence is mixed, with some studies finding only weak or inconsistent correlations. | GA | Sienna Pearson (44) | |
2014-07-01 | Franconia Formation (Geologic formation in the upper mid-western United States) | The Franconia Formation is a geologic formation in the upper mid-western United States, with outcroppings found in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. It was named the Franconia Formation due to the first published documentation of exposures in vicinity of Franconia, Minnesota in the 1897 Ph.D. dissertation by Charles P. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2024-08-04 | Aulacodont dentition | Aulacodonty is a type of dentition in which teeth are arranged within grooves rather than individual sockets (like in thecodonty) or without bone encasement (like in acrodonty and pleurodonty). It is known from several aquatic amniotes: ichthyosaurs, Hesperornis, Ichthyornis, juvenile caimans, some cetaceans and even some ctenochasmatoid pterosaurs. | Stub | Patagomaia (135) | |
2023-02-15 | 1968 Oelwein tornado (Catastrophic F5 tornado in 1968) | In the late afternoon and early evening hours of May 15, 1968, a violent and devastating F5 tornado struck the towns of Oelwein, Iowa and Maynard, Iowa, killing 5 and injuring a further 156. The tornado caused ~$21 million (1968 USD) in damages, and was one of two F5s that touched down as part of the Tornado outbreak of May 1968. | B | RandomInfinity17 (2041) | |
2024-03-12 | Timeline of the 2024 Pacific hurricane season | The 2024 Pacific hurricane season is the current tropical cyclone season in the Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line (IDL) in the Northern Hemisphere. It officially began on May 15 in the eastern Pacific (east of 140°W), and on June 1 in the central Pacific (from the IDL east to 140°W); it will end in both on November 30. | C | Drdpw (43309) | |
2024-08-04 | Jhoome Jo Pathaan (2022 single by Arijit Singh and Sukriti Kakar) | "Jhoome Jo Pathaan" is an Indian Hindi-language song, composed by the duo of Vishal–Shekhar (Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani), with lyrics written by Kumaar and sung by Arijit Singh and Sukriti Kakar for the soundtrack album of the 2023 Indian film Pathaan. | GA | Charliehdb (8208) | |
2024-08-08 | Severe weather sequence of July 13–16, 2024 (Wind, tornado, and flooding event in mid-July 2024) | Starting on the evening of July 13 and extending through July 16, 2024, an intense sequence of severe weather outbreaks affected much of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. This included 2 significant derechoes that each had wind gusts exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h), as well as multiple tornado outbreaks that produced a combined 90 tornadoes across the affected areas. | GA | GeorgeMemulous (932) | |
2018-10-23 | New Providence Shale (The New Providence Shale is a geologic formation in Indiana.) | The New Providence Shale is a geologic formation in Indiana. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2018-10-23 | Ironton Sandstone | The Ironton Sandstone is a geologic formation in Indiana. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2017-06-08 | Kerbel Formation (Geological formation in Ohio) | The Kerbel Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio. It dates back to the Cambrian. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2017-06-08 | Knox Dolomite (Cambrian era geologic formation in Ohio, United States) | The Knox Dolomite is a geologic formation in Mississippi and Ohio. It dates back to the Cambrian. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2010-01-07 | Mission Canyon Formation | The Mission Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in Montana and Wyoming. It preserves fossils from the Mississippian period. | Stub | Qyd (50651) | |
2018-10-23 | Everton Dolomite | The Everton Dolomite is a geologic formation in North America. Named after Everton, Arkansas, it is subsurface in southwestern Illinois and is exposed near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2024-08-05 | Ohyamashimo Formation (Geologic formation in Japan) | The Ohyamashimo Formation(大山下層) is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation in Japan. It has been dated to the early-mid Albian, between 112.1 ± 0.4 Ma and 106.4 ± 0.4 Ma. Dinosaur remains have been discovered from this formation, including the sauropod Tambatitanis and the theropod Hypnovenator. | Start | Palaeotaku (183) | |
2024-08-07 | 2014 Pilger, Nebraska tornado family (Series of EF4 tornadoes in Northeast Nebraska) | On the afternoon and early evening of June 16, 2014, a powerful cyclical supercell struck northeast Nebraska, producing a total of six tornadoes, four of which were violent. The tornadoes impacted areas east of Norfolk, including the village of Pilger, which sustained major damage, as well as farmsteads near Stanton, Wisner, and Wakefield. | GA | Hoguert (286) | |
2024-08-11 | Thayer Expedition | The Thayer Expedition was a scientific endeavor sponsored by Nathaniel Thayer Jr. which was an ecological and biological endeavor undertaken by multiple scientists, took place in 1865, and resulted in various type specimens that were later recognized as new species by those that had attended. | Start | Phil Fish (12025) | |
2024-08-04 | 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado (2013 EF4 tornado in Washington, Illinois) | The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was an unusually violent and powerful tornado that caused catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in rural central Illinois during the early afternoon of November 17, 2013. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. | FA | Hoguert (286) | |
2023-07-27 | List of storms named Ampil (List of storms with the same or similar names) | The name Ampil has been used to name two tropical cyclone in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Cambodia, which means tamarind. It replaced the name Bopha, which was retired following the 2012 Pacific typhoon season. | Stub | SongdaTalas (1127) | |
2014-07-15 | Black River Formation (Geologic formation in North America) | The Black River Formation is a geologic formation in Quebec, Canada and Michigan, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. | Stub | Abyssal (173820) | |
2024-07-30 | 2016 Katie tornado (Violent EF4 tornado in 2016) | The 2016 Katie tornado was a short-lived but violent multi-vortex tornado that struck southern Katie, Oklahoma on May 8, 2016. The tornado was extremely erratic, and killed one person while causing $1,000,000 (2016 USD) in damages. The tornado was extremely photogenic, and was heavily documented by storm chasers and civilians. | GA | Sir MemeGod (5102) |
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