EARTH QUICK A man inspects the damage from the quake. Earthquake epicenters occur mostly along tectonic plate boundaries, and especially on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Global plate tectonic movement An earthquake (also known as a quake , tremor or temblor ) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth 's lithosphere that creates seismic waves . Earthquakes can range in size from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt to those violent enough to toss people around and destroy whole cities. The seismicity , or seismic activity, of an area is the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. The word tremor is also used for non-earthquake seismic rumbling . ...
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GLOBAL WARMING
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GLOBAL WARMING Global warming or climate change has become a worldwide concern. It is gradually developing into an unprecedented environmental crisis evident in melting glaciers, changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, floods, cyclones and droughts. Global warming implies an increase in the average temperature of the Earth due to entrapment of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. There is a crying need to raise awareness about global warming if we have to save the world from disaster. Here we are providing you some useful articles on global warming under various categories according to varying words limits. You can choose any of them as per your need: Global Warming Articles Article on Global Warming 1...