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What Is an Anticyclone?
An anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon. The name anticyclone was first introduced by Sir Francis Galton, the English…
Where Is the Sargasso Sea?
The Sargasso Sea is in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Bermudas and several hundred miles east of the American mainland. It is distinguished…
Why Is There More Sea than Land on the Earth’s Surface?
The earth’s crust is made of rocks that make the surface more sea than land. The composition of the rocks which make up the…
Why Does Venice Have so Many Canals?
Unlike most canals, those in Venice are not man-made. If anything, man has made the land around the canals. In the 7th Century this…
How Is It Possible to Estimate the Relative Age of Fossils?
It is possible to estimate the relative age of fossils, that is whether they came before or after a particular period, because most fossils…