List of natural phenomena

An aurora is a natural phenomenon.

A natural phenomenon is an observable event which is not man-made. Examples include: sunrise, weather, fog, thunder, tornadoes; biological processes, decomposition, germination; physical processes, wave propagation, erosion; tidal flow, and natural disasters such as electromagnetic pulses, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.

Exposure to forces of nature resulted in about 214,000 deaths in 2010, up from 31,000 in 1990.

Types of natural phenomena include, but are not limited to, the following.

Biological

Decomposition: a decaying peach over a period of six days. Each frame is approximately 12 hours apart, as the fruit shrivels and becomes covered with mold.

• Decomposition – by which organic substances are broken down into a much simpler form of matter
• Metabolism
  • Catabolism
  • Anabolism
  • Fermentation – converts sugar to acids, gases and/or alcohol.
• Growth
• Population growth
  • Overpopulation growth beyond

Chemical

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Crystal in VCGS furnace

• Crystal growth
• Oxidation
  • Fire
  • Rusting

Geological

See also: Category:Earth phenomena

See also: List of geological phenomena

Geology: parabola-shaped lava flow illustrates Galileo's law of falling bodies, as well as blackbody radiation. The temperature can be discerned from the color of the blackbody.

Geological processes include erosion, sedimentation, and volcanic activities such as geysers and earthquakes.

Meteorological

See also: Atmospheric phenomenon, List of meteorological phenomena, List of severe weather phenomena, and Category:Atmospheric and ocean optics

Violent Meteorological phenomena are called storms. Regular, cyclical phenomena include seasons and atmospheric circulation. Climate change is often semi-regular.

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  Lightning strikes during the eruption of the Galunggung volcano in 1982

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  A tornado on May 3, 1999 in central Oklahoma

Atmospheric optical phenomena

See also: Optical phenomena and Category:Atmospheric optical phenomena

A double rainbow at Minsi Lake, Pennsylvania

A sun pillar in Finistère, Brittany

Atmospheric optical phenomenon

• Aurora
• Crepuscular rays
• Green flash
• Haze
• Ice blink
• Light pillar
• Moonbow

• Moon dog
• Rainbow
• Subsun
• Sun dog
• Sunbow
• Water sky
• Monochrome Rainbow

not to be confused with the single "monochrome rainbow"

Nuclear and Electrical

• Elementary particle interactions
• Supernova

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  Liquid hydrogen bubble chamber photograph of an anti-proton colliding with a proton

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  Children notice an effect of static electricity

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  Supernova

Oceanographic

Gulfstream

• Oceanographic phenomena include tsunamis, ocean currents and breaking waves.

See also

• Act of God
• Electrical phenomena
• Materialism
• Midnight sun
• Nature
• Natural environment
• Phenomenology (science)
• Transient lunar phenomenon