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Winter War Winter War
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Ozone layer depletion Ozone layer depletion
OZONE DEPLETION OZONE DEPLETION became a serious concern in the 1980s and has prompted international agreements and changes in manufacturing processes in an attempt to slow depletion and minimize health and environmental problems. Ozone is a denser form of oxygen that shields the Earth from... Read more
Winter wren Winter wren
Troglodytes troglodytes (wren, winter wren) See TROGLODYTIDAE.... Read more
Johnny Winter Johnny Winter
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icebreaker icebreaker
icebreaker ship of special hull design and wide beam, with relatively flat bottom, designed to force its way through ice. When the icebreaker charges into the ice at full speed, its sharply inclined bow, meeting the edge of the ice, rises upon it, and the weight of the vessel causes the ice to... Read more
Aert van der Neer Aert van der Neer
Aert van der Neer , c.1603-77, Dutch landscape painter. Working mostly in Amsterdam, he excelled in painting unusual light effects, such as moonlight, sunsets, conflagrations, and glimmering light on snow and ice. His winter landscapes are among the best in Dutch art. He is well represented in many... Read more
Vernalization Vernalization
vernalization The promotion of flowering by exposure of a plant to low temperatures. For example, winter cereals will not flower unless subjected to a period of chilling early in their development. Winter cereals are therefore sown in the autumn for flowering the following year. However, if... Read more
cold frame cold frame
cold frame in horticulture, sun-heated board frame covered with a removable top of glass or other transparent material and sunk into the ground. The top may be solid or slatted or screened for shade. The cold frame is used to start seedlings in early spring (four to six weeks before the average... Read more
curling curling
curling winter sport, similar in principle to bowls and quoits (see horseshoe pitching ), played on an ice court by teams of four. Each player hurls a squat, circular stone—weighing 38 lb (17.2 kg), dished on bottom and top and having a top handle for the player's grip—at the tees,... Read more
nuclear winter nuclear winter
nuclear winter theory holding that the smoke and dust produced by a large nuclear war would result in a prolonged period of cold on the earth. The earliest version of the theory, which was put forward in the early 1980s in the so-called TTAPS report (named for last initials of its authors, Richard... Read more

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