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Nature

60 items  ·  1,500 BC to 2,011  ·  5 of 56 shown, by interest

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1865 – 1943
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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
Scientist and early advocate for industrial uses for farm crops (bio-energy). Carver earned a…
Europe + Africa + Middle East 3
1500 BC
Vulcanos
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Eruption of Thera, Santorini
Eruption of Thera, Santorini
Thera, or the modern island of Santorini, located sixty-nine miles north of the island of…
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Vulcanos
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Ruined
Pompeii and Herculaneum Ruined
Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian…
1880 – 1930
Climate
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Alfred Wegener, Discovery Plate Tectonics
Alfred Wegener, Discovery Plate Tectonics
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. During…
Asia + Oceania 1
1883
Vulcanos
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Krakatoa Eruption, Indonesia
Krakatoa Eruption, Indonesia
Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It…
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