Geography

Closed ecological systems (CES) are ecosystems that do not rely on matter exchange with any part outside the system. The notion of CES came into…

The Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia’s most amazing natural gifts, is the largest coral reef system in the world, consisting of over 2,900 individual…

A coronal cloud is the cloud of hot plasma gas surrounding a coronal mass ejection. It is a cloud, or cloud-like, natural astronomical entity, composed…

Saint Lucia (UK: /sənt luˈsiːə, -ˈluː.ʃə/; US: /seɪnt ˈluːʃə/; French: Sainte-Lucie) island state in the Caribbean Sea; It is the second largest of the Windward…

In the Indian Ocean, about 350 kilometers (220 mi) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 kilometers (960 mi) north-west of the nearest point…

Corsica (/ˈkɔːrsɪkə/; French: Corse, French: kɔʁs; Corsica in Corsican and Italian, pronounced (ˈkorsiɡa) and (ˈkɔrsika) respectively), official name Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, collectivité territoriale (territorial…

The Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah), Langkawi is the northernmost archipelago on the west side of Peninsular Malaysia, situated 30 km off the…

About 30 volcanic islands and islets in the central Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) southeast of Japan, are known as the Bonin Islands,…

Ko Samui or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui (Thai: เกาะสมุย, pronounced (kɔ̀ʔ sā.mǔj)) is a cosmopolitan melting pot, attracting budget travelers staying…

Sicily (Italian: Sicilia (siˈtʃiːlja); Sicilian: Sicilia (sɪˈʃiːlja)) is the largest island in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea, a wonderful land rich in history and…

Phocaea or Phokaia (Ancient Greek: Φώκαια, Phókaia; modern-day Foça in Turkey) ancient Ionian city on the northern promontory of the Gulf of Smyrna, Anatolia (now…

Socorro Island (Spanish: Isla Socorro) is a group of four volcanic islands situated in the Pacific Ocean about 400 km (250mi) off the coast of…