Earth science

Articles about geology, climate, oceans and the planet.

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Ice cap

Ice cap: definition, characteristics, formation, and importance

Ice core

Ice pellets

Ice sheet

Ice sheet (continental glacier)

Ice shelf

Ice storm

Iceberg

Iceberg: formation, structure, types, hazards and ecological role

Igneous rock

Imbabura Volcano

Impact crater

Indo-Australian plate

Inflow (meteorology)

Inland sea

Insolation

Insolation

Insolation — incoming solar radiation reaching Earth's surface

Insolation is the solar radiation that reaches the top of the atmosphere and the Earth's surface. This article explains its meaning, measurement, controlling factors, history, and

Intrusion

Intrusion (Geology): Subsurface Igneous Emplacements

Iron ore

Jack Hills

Jack Hills (Western Australia) — source of Earth's oldest known terrestrial zircons

Jade

Jade: minerals, properties, history and cultural significance

Jet (lignite)

Jet (lignite) — fossilized wood gemstone and mineraloid

Jet stream

Jingū Seamount

Joint (geology)

Joint (geology)

Joint (geology): Tensile fractures and their role in rocks

A joint is a tensile fracture in rock without shear offset. This article explains how joints form, their patterns and properties, effects on weathering and groundwater, and distinc

Joint Typhoon Warning Center

Jurassic

Jurassic (geological period)

Kaharoa eruption

Kaharoa eruption (New Zealand, c. 1314)

Kammu Seamount

Kaolinite

Kaolinite (kaolin): mineralogy, formation, uses and notable facts

Katabatic wind

Kelut

Kelut (Kelud) — stratovolcano of eastern Java, Indonesia

Kilauea

Kīlauea — active shield volcano of the Island of Hawaiʻi

Kimmei Seamount

Kimmeridge clay

Kōkō Seamount

Kōkō Guyot: Extinct Hawaiian–Emperor Seamount Dated 48 Million Years Ago

Kola Superdeep Borehole

Köppen climate classification

Krafla

Krafla: volcanic caldera and geothermal system in northern Iceland

Kyushu-Palau Ridge

Kyushu–Palau Ridge

L'Atalante basin

La Soufrière (volcano)

La Soufrière (Saint Vincent): overview, history and hazards

Labradorite

Lagerstätten

Lagerstätten: sites of exceptional fossil preservation

Lakagigar

Lake Agassiz

Lake Agassiz: Ice‑Age Proglacial Lake of Central North America

Lake retention time

Lake Superior agate

Land

Land (geography, characteristics and uses)

Landfall (meteorology)

Landslide