List of natural phenomena
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, hurricanes and earthquakes.
History
Over many intervals of time, natural phenomena have been observed by a series of countless events as a feature created by nature.Physical phenomena
The act of:- Freezing
- Boiling
- Gravity
- Magnetism
Chemical phenomena
- Oxidation
- * Fire
- * Rusting
Biological phenomena
- Metabolism
- * Catabolism
- * Anabolism
- * Decomposition – by which organic substances are broken down into a much simpler form of matter
- * Fermentation – converts sugar to acids, gases and/or alcohol.
- Growth
- Birth
- Death
- Population decrease
Astronomical phenomena
- Supernova
- Gamma ray bursts
- Quasars
- Blazars
- Pulsars
- Cosmic microwave background radiation
Geological phenomena
- Mineralogic phenomena
- Lithologic phenomena
- * Rock types
- ** Igneous rock
- *** Igneous formation processes
- ** Sedimentary rock
- *** Sedimentary formation processes
- *** Quicksand
- ** Metamorphic rock
- Endogenic phenomena
- * Plate tectonics
- ** Continental drift
- ** Earthquake
- ** Oceanic trench
- * Phenomena associated with igneous activity
- ** Geysers and hot springs
- ** Bradyseism
- ** Volcanic eruption
- * Earth's magnetic field
- Exogenic phenomena
- * Slope phenomena
- ** Slump
- ** Landslide
- * Weathering phenomena
- ** Erosion
- * Glacial and peri-glacial phenomena
- ** Glaciation
- ** Moraines
- ** Hanging valleys
- * Atmospheric phenomena
- * Impact phenomena
- ** Impact crater
- Coupled endogenic-exogenic phenomena
- * Orogeny
- * Drainage development
- ** Stream capture
Meteorological phenomena
Atmospheric optical phenomena
Oceanographic
- Oceanographic phenomena include tsunamis, ocean currents and breaking waves.