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21Solar variation — Solar variations are changes in the amount of solar radiation emitted by the Sun. There are periodic components to these variations, the principal one being the 11 year solar cycle (or sunspot cycle), as well as aperiodic fluctuations. Solar… …
22Devon Island — region Geography Location …
23Madden-Julian oscillation — The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is an equatorial traveling pattern of anomalous rainfall that is planetary in scale. The mechanism and cause of the MJO is as yet not well understood and is a subject of ongoing study.The MJO is characterized… …
24Piano Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven) — Ludwig van Beethoven s opus 10 no. 1 is the Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor . It is dedicated to Anna Margarete von Browne. The first movement of the sonata has a 3/4 meter, the second movement 2/4, and the final movement 4/4. Beethoven s Piano… …
25Intertidal ecology — is the study of intertidal ecosystems, where organisms live between the low and high tide lines. At low tide, the intertidal is exposed (or ‘emersed’) whereas at high tide, the intertidal is underwater (or ‘immersed’). Intertidal ecologists… …
26Ice-foot — An ice foot is a narrow strip of ice that is frozen to the shore of many arctic beaches. The ice foot is produced by the gradual freezing (in Autumn) of wave spray and its size is a function of the tidal range, storminess of water and beach angle …
27Medieval European maritime culture — The medieval European maritime culture began with the remnants of the naval tradition of the Roman Empire, included the technological advances that enabled the Vikings to colonize North America in 982, suffered tremendously during the crises of… …
28Symphony No. 80 (Haydn) — The Symphony No. 80 in D minor (Hoboken 1/80) is a symphony composed by Joseph Haydn in 1784 as part of a trio of symphonies that also included symphonies 79 and 81. It is one of the relatively few later symphonies by Haydn to be in the minor… …
29Climate of Argentina — The Andean range over the province of Santa Cruz …
30arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …
