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91Retreat of glaciers since 1850 — The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans …
92pack ice — noun a large expanse of floating ice • Syn: ↑ice pack • Hypernyms: ↑ice * * * noun : sea ice formed into a chaotic mass by the crushing together of pans, floes, and brash * * * a large area of floating ice formed over a period of many years and… …
93Disc brake — Close up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located with …
94Orders of magnitude (numbers) — The logarithmic scale can compactly represent the relationship among variously sized numbers. This list contains selected positive numbers in increasing order, including counts of things, dimensionless quantity and probabilities. Each number is… …
95isostasy — /uy sos teuh see/, n. 1. Geol. the equilibrium of the earth s crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress. 2. the state in which pressures from every side are equal. Also, isostacy. [1885 90; ISO +… …
96ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
97Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
98Objet de masse planétaire — Objet libre de masse planétaire Un objet libre de masse planétaire (ou planète interstellaire, planète noire, planète flottante) (en anglais free floating planetary mass objects[1], free floating planet[2], planetary mass brown dwarf[3], sub… …
99Objet libre de masse planetaire — Objet libre de masse planétaire Un objet libre de masse planétaire (ou planète interstellaire, planète noire, planète flottante) (en anglais free floating planetary mass objects[1], free floating planet[2], planetary mass brown dwarf[3], sub… …
100Planète interstellaire — Objet libre de masse planétaire Un objet libre de masse planétaire (ou planète interstellaire, planète noire, planète flottante) (en anglais free floating planetary mass objects[1], free floating planet[2], planetary mass brown dwarf[3], sub… …
