limnology

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

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Large ocean waves breaking on a stormy day. (wave; sea; whitecaps; storm)

Why Is There Fresh and Salt Water on Earth?

Jane Goodall. British ethologist Dr. Jane Goodall (b. 1934) with chimpanzee Freud at Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Goodall researches the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.

10 Women Who Advanced Our Understanding of Life on Earth

Lake Issyk-kul kyrgyzstan

9 of the World’s Deepest Lakes

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

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A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin

Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium

When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

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hydrobiology pond lake freshwater hydrology chemical hydrology gauging station

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hydrologic sciences: Study of lakes

Key People

Ruth Patrick

Ruth Patrick

American biologist and educator

Lev Simonovich Berg

Russian zoologist

François-Alphonse Forel

French physician and scientist

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Horologist Roman Piekarski starts the time consuming task of adjusting the 600 antique clocks at Cuckooland Museum in readiness for this weekends change to British summer time on March 23, 2009 in Knutsford, England.

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