hydrology

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hydrologic cycle

Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.

Discover

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Sailboat against a beautiful landscape

Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.

Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

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Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.

The science behind spooky lakes

Shipwrecks and mummies and toxic sludge, oh my!

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hydrologic cycle

hydrologic cycle

This diagram shows how, in the hydrologic cycle, water is transferred between the...

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