Earth science

Articles about geology, climate, oceans and the planet.

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Troposphere

Troposphere: Earth's Lowest Atmospheric Layer — Structure, Composition, and Role

Trough (geology)

Trough (geology): definition, formation, types, and significance

Trough (meteorology)

Tseax River Cone

Tseax River Cone (Aiyansh Volcano)

Tsunami

Tsunami: causes, behavior, impacts and preparedness

Tufa

Tuff

Tuff: consolidated volcanic ash — formation, varieties, and uses

Tungurahua

Tungurahua — an active Ecuadorian stratovolcano

Unconformity

Unconformity (geology): definition, types, and significance

Underwater

Underwater: the environment beneath a water surface

Uniformitarianism

United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Upper Cretaceous

Upper Cretaceous: Geological Epoch of Chalk Seas, Dinosaur Faunas, and the K–Pg Extinction

Upper Jurassic

Upper Jurassic (Late Jurassic Epoch)

Upper Triassic

Upper Triassic (Late Triassic epoch)

Ur (supercontinent)

Uranium mining

Uranium-lead dating

Vaalbara

Vaalbara: Earth's earliest proposed supercontinent

Variscan orogeny

Variscan (Hercynian) orogeny: late Palaeozoic mountain building and its remnants

Vermiculite

Villarrica (volcano)

Volcanic belt

Volcanic eruption

Volcanic eruption: causes, types, hazards and global significance

Volcanic Explosivity Index

Volcanic plug

Volcanic winter

Volcanism

Volcano

Volcano: formation, structure, eruption types, hazards and examples

Volcanoes in Iceland

Volcanoes of Kamchatka

Volcanology

Vredefort crater

Vredefort crater (Vredefort Dome) — Earth's largest confirmed impact structure

Water

Water: properties, states, cycle, and role in Earth's systems

Water content

Water content (soil moisture and pore water)

Water cycle

Water cycle (hydrological cycle)

Water on Mars

Water on Mars: distribution, evidence, and significance

Water table

Water table: definition, behavior, and significance in groundwater systems

Waterspout

Weather

Weather: Causes, Elements, Measurement, Forecasting and Impacts

Weather balloon

Weather balloon (sounding balloon)

Weather forecast

Weather forecast: how forecasts are made, used, and interpreted

Weather station

Weather station: instruments, history, and practical uses

Weathering

Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field

Wells Gray–Clearwater Volcanic Field — Quaternary Basaltic Volcanism in British Columbia

Western Interior Seaway

Wind

Wind: Causes, Types, Effects, Measurement and Planetary Variations

Winter storm