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DK Earth: Climate

WHAT AFFECTS AN AREA’S CLIMATE? WHY DO TROPICAL REGIONS HAVE HOT CLIMATES? WHAT IS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE? FIND OUT MORE Every part of the world has its own climate—a characteristic…

Spotlight: The Search for Life in the Solar System

So How's the Europan Seafood? Even if life does exist on Europa, it is still too early to take up extraterrestrial ice fishing. Most likely, only very primitive forms of life would exist (microbes…

DK Science: Earth

+ PLANET EARTH ATMOSPHERE OCEANS LAND ICE AND SNOW EARTH SCIENCE STUDY TECHNIQUES BIOSPHERE AXIS FIND OUT MORE + EARTH’S STRUCTURE EARTH’S LIFE STORY BIOGRAPHY:…

Ralph Bradshaw White Biography

documentary cameramanDied: February 4, 2008 (Glendale, California) Best Known as: explorer and documentary cameraman who first filmed footage of the Titanic wreckage…

DK Earth: Continents

HAVE EARTH’S CONTINENTS ALWAYS LOOKED THE SAME?WHY DO EARTH’S CONTINENTS MOVE? BIOGRAPHY: ALFRED LOTHAR WEGENER GERMAN, 1880–1930 TECTONIC PLATESFIND OUT MOREDry land covers just under one-third of…

Weather: Scales of Motion

Scales of MotionWeatherGoing in CirclesFeeling the PressureHigh Points and LowWhat Makes the Weather Go 'RoundWhat's in a Name?Scales of Motion In the study of atmospheric motions, little swirls are…

Fiji Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 08/11/2022[source] The US has not recognized the interim government formed after the illegal coup of 5 December 2006.…

Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2007

Note: The day of an eclipse is given in Universal Time (UT) and may start a day earlier or later depending on your time zone. (See Phenomena, 2007, to find time of eclipse.)March 3–4. Total…

Shelley Winters

(Shirley Schrift)actressBorn: 8/18/1920Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri This one-time roommate of Marilyn Monroe went on to carve out her own considerable niche in Hollywood. Winters won two best…