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- D'Entrecasteaux RidgeThe d'Entrecasteaux (French pronunciation: ) Ridge (DER) is a double oceanic ridge in the
- DaciteVolcanic rock intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite
- Dalton MinimumPeriod of low solar activity from 1790 to 1830
- Dalveer BhandariDalveer Bhandari (born 1 October 1947) is an Indian jurist. He is currently one of the jud
- Dam failureCatastrophic failure of dam barrier by uncontrolled release of water
- Dana classification systemMineral classification
- Daniel Barringer (geologist)American geologist (1860–1929)
- Daniel Campos ProvinceDaniel Campos is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department.
- Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (c. 1639 – 25 February 1710) was a French soldier and expl
- Daniel KammenAmerican scientist
- DaphoenodonDaphoenodon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore, which lived in the early Miocene
- Data assimilationMethod in computer modeling
- Daulatpur–Saturia tornado1989 tornado in Bangladesh
- DavemaoiteDavemaoite is a high-pressure calcium silicate perovskite (CaSiO3) mineral with a distinct
- David LegatesAmerican professor of geography
- David Phillips (climatologist)Canadian climatologist (b. 1944)
- Dawson Springs, KentuckyDawson Springs is a home rule-class city in Hopkins and Caldwell counties in the U.S. stat
- DBZ (meteorology)Unit of measure used in weather radar
- De BiltDe Bilt (Dutch pronunciation: ) is a municipality and town in the province of Utrecht, Net
- Dead Sea TransformFault system between the African and Arabian plates
- DebrisScattered remains of something destroyed or discarded
- Debris flowGeological phenomenon
- Decarbonization of shippingGoal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Deccan TrapsLarge igneous province in India
- December 1960 nor'easterWinter storm in the United States
- December 1969 nor'easterStrong winter storm that affected the northeastern US
- December 1992 nor'easterThe December 1992 nor'easter produced record high tides and snowfall across the northeaste
- December 2000 nor'easterThe December 2000 nor'easter was a significant winter storm that impacted the Mid-Atlantic
- December 2003 nor'easterSnowstorm in the United States
- December 2008 North American snowstormsWeather event in Canada and the United States
- December 2008 Northeastern United States ice stormAmerican natural disaster
- December 2009 North American blizzardWeather event in the United States and Canada
- December 2017 Southern California wildfires2017 wildfires in Southern California
- December 21–24, 2004 North American winter stormWeather event in the United States and Canada
- DécollementGeological feature
- Decolonization of knowledgeProcess of undoing colonial influences on knowledge
- Deep AdaptationConcept of coping with climate collapse
- Deep biosphereLife in the deep subsurface of the Earth
- Deep borehole disposalDeep borehole disposal (DBD) is the concept of disposing high-level radioactive waste from
- Deep carbon cycleMovement of carbon through Earth's mantle and core
- Deep Carbon ObservatoryResearch program to study carbon's role deep beneath the Earth's surface
- Deep Depression ARB 01 (2013)North Indian cyclone in 2013
- Deep Depression ARB 02 (2008)North Indian cyclone in 2008
- Deep seaLowest layer in the ocean
- Deep Sea Drilling ProjectOcean drilling research program between 1968–1983
- Deep timeTime scales on the billions of years
- Deep water cycleMovement of water in the deep Earth
- Deep water source coolingAir cooling method
- Deep-focus earthquakeEarthquake with a hypocenter depth exceeding 300 km
- Deep-sea communityGroups of organisms living deep below the sea surface, sharing a habitat
- Deepsea ChallengerSubmersible that traveled to the Challenger Deep
- Deepwater Horizon oil spill responseThe containment, dispersal, and removal of oil in the Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 De
- Defence Forces (Ireland)Combined military forces of the Republic of Ireland
- Defense Meteorological Satellite ProgramUnited States Department of Defense weather monitoring program
- Deforestation and climate changeDeforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, and climate change affects the h
- Deforestation in BrazilBrazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world, and recent data still shows h
- Deforestation in ColombiaColombia loses 2,000 km2 of forest annually to deforestation, according to the United Nati
- Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDeforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is an environmental conflict o
- Deforestation of the Amazon rainforestThe Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's
- Degradation (geology)Lowering of a fluvial surface through erosion
- Deicke and Millbrig bentonite layersGeological formations in North America
- Delaware BasinThe Delaware Basin is a geologic depositional and structural basin in West Texas and south
- Delcambre, LouisianaDelcambre is a town in Iberia and Vermilion parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana, locat
- Demersal zonePart of the water column near to the seabed and the benthos
- Denali FaultMajor intercontinental dextral strike-slip fault in North America
- Dendrite (crystal)A crystal dendrite is a crystal that develops with a typical multi-branching form, resembl
- DendrochronologyMethod of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings
- DendroclimatologyScience of determining past climates from trees
- Dengying FormationGeologic formation in China
- DenjakaDenjaka (abbreviation from Detasemen Jala Mengkara; Jala Mangkara Detachment) is a counter
- Density altitudeThe density altitude is the altitude relative to standard atmospheric conditions at which
- Déodat Gratet de DolomieuDieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu (
- Deposition (geology)Natural addition of materials to a landmass
- Depositional environmentProcesses associated with the deposition of a particular type of sediment
- Depression (geology)Landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area
- DerechoWidespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm
- Derna dam collapsesFailure of two dams in Libya
- Desert climateArid climate subtype
- Desert Fireball NetworkThe Desert Fireball Network (DFN) is a network of cameras in Australia. It is designed to
- Desert Island (comic shop)40°42′50″N 73°57′03″W / 40.71389°N 73.95083°W
- Desert pavementType of desert earth surface
- DesertificationProcess by which fertile areas of land become increasingly arid
- Deserts and xeric shrublandsBiome with under 250 mm of annual rainfall
- Detachment faultGeological term associated with large displacements
- DetritusDead particulate organic material
- Deutscher WetterdienstNational meteorological service of Germany
- Devil's Gate (Wyoming)Devil's Gate or Devils Gate is a natural rock formation, a gorge on the Sweetwater River i
- DevonianFourth period of the Paleozoic Era
- DewDroplets of water that form in the morning or evening
- Dew pointTemperature below which condensation occurs
- Dew point depressionThe dew point depression (T-Td) is the difference between the temperature and dew point te
- DiabaseType of igneous rock
- Diablo windNorthern California weather pattern
- DiagenesisPhysico-chemical changes in sediments occurring after their deposition
- DiamictiteDiamictite (; from Ancient Greek dia- (δια): 'through' and meiktós (µεικτός): 'mixed') is
- Diamond dustGround-level cloud of ice crystals
- Diana Ürge-VorsatzEnvironmental scientist (b. 1968)
- DiapirType of geologic intrusion
- DiasporeDiaspore () – also called diasporite, empholite, kayserite, or tanatarite – is an aluminiu
- Diatomaceous earthSoft, siliceous sedimentary rock
- DiatremeVolcanic pipe associated with a gaseous explosion
- Diesel emissions scandalAutomotive industry scandal
- Diffuse sky radiationSolar radiation reaching the Earth's surface
- Digital outcrop modelDigital 3D representation of the outcrop surface
- Dike (geology)Sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body
- Dike swarmGeological structure
- DiluviumDiluvium is an archaic term applied during the 1800s to widespread surficial deposits of s
- Dina Gilio-WhitakerAmerican journalist from California, U.S.
- Dinitrogen difluorideDinitrogen difluoride is a chemical compound with the formula N2F2. It is a gas at room te
- Dinosaur renaissanceAcceptance of dinosaurs as warm-blooded and birds as avian-dinosaurs
- Dinosaur RidgeNatural heritage site in Colorado, United States
- DinosauromorphaClade of reptiles
- DiopsidePyroxene mineral
- DioptaseCyclosilicate mineral
- DioriteIgneous rock type
- Diorite, MichiganDiorite is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
- Dip slopeA dip slope is a topographic or geomorphic surface which slopes in the same direction, and
- Direct air captureMethod of carbon capture from carbon dioxide in air
- DirtUnclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions
- Disability and climate changeThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement, t
- Disaster areaA disaster area is a region or a locale that has been heavily damaged by either natural, t
- Disaster responseSecond phase of the disaster management cycle
- Disaster risk reductionPreventing and reducing disaster risk factors
- Discharge (hydrology)Flow rate of water that is transported through a given cross-sectional area
- DiscoasterExtinct genus of single-celled organisms
- Dislocation creepDislocation creep is a deformation mechanism in crystalline materials. Dislocation creep i
- Dissected plateauPlateaus area that has been severely eroded so that the relief is sharp
- Dissolved inorganic carbonSum of inorganic carbon species in a solution
- Dissolved loadSediment dissolved in water
- DistributaryStream branching off from main stream channel
- District heatingCentralized heat distribution system
- Diurnal cyclePattern with a period of one day
- Diurnal temperature variationVariation between a high and low air temperature during the same day
- Divergent boundaryLinear feature between two tectonic plates
- Divergent double subductionType of plate tectonic process
- Dnieper-Donets RiftThe Dnieper-Donets Rift or Pripyat-Dnieper-Donets Rift (also referred as a "paleorift" and
- Dniester EstuaryDniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman (Ukrainian: Дністровський лиман; Romanian: Limanul Nis
- Dobson unitMeasurement of equivalent thickness of atmospheric trace gas
- Dole effectThe Dole effect, named after Malcolm Dole, describes an inequality in the ratio of the hea
- Dolomite (mineral)Carbonate mineral: CaMg(CO3)2
- Dolomite (rock)Sedimentary carbonate rock containing a high percentage of the mineral dolomite
- DolomitizationGeological process forming dolomite
- Dome (geology)Geological deformation structure
- Dominican amberAmber from the Dominican Republic
- Don L. AndersonAmerican geophysicist
- Donegal batholithThe Donegal batholith is a large granitic igneous intrusion of early Devonian age that out
- Donors Capital FundDonors Capital Fund is a nonprofit United States donor-advised charity that distributes gr
- DonorsTrustAmerican nonprofit donor-advised fund
- DoomerPerson pessimistic or fatalistic about global problems
- Doppler on WheelsFleet of truck-mounted weather radars
- Dorceta TaylorAmerican environmentalist
- Doublet earthquakeMultiple earthquakes with nearly identical waveforms originating from the same location
- Doushantuo FormationFossil formation in south-central China
- DownburstStrong surface-level winds that radiate from a single point
- Downhill creepDownhill creep, also known as soil creep or commonly just creep, is a type of creep charac
- DownscalingProcedure to infer high-resolution information from low-resolution variables
- DownwellingDownwards movement of one fluid within another
- Dox FormationLandform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
- DoyleiteDoyleite is a rare aluminum trihydroxide mineral named in honor of its discoverer, the Can
- Dragon HoleDeep underwater sinkhole in the South China Sea
- Drainage basinLand area where water converges to a common outlet
- Drainage densityDrainage density is a quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin. F
- Drakensberg GroupThe Drakensberg Group is a geological group named after the Drakensberg mountain range whe
- Drawdown (hydrology)In hydrology, there are two similar but distinct definitions in use for the word drawdown:
- Drax Power StationBiomass power station in North Yorkshire, England
- Dreamtime Cultural CentreThe Dreamtime Cultural Centre is an Indigenous cultural arts and education centre in Rockh
- DresbachianThe Dresbachian is a Maentwrogian regional stage of North America, lasting from 501 to 497
- Dresser FormationGeologic formation in Western Australia
- Driftless AreaGeological region in the Midwestern US
- Drive wheelA drive wheel is a wheel of a motor vehicle that transmits force, transforming torque into
- DrizzleLight liquid precipitation
- Drop (liquid)Small unit of liquid
- DropsondeA dropsonde is an expendable weather reconnaissance device created by the National Center
- DroughtPeriod with less precipitation than normal
- Drought in AustraliaRainfall deficiency in Australia
- Drought in the United KingdomDroughts are a relatively common feature of the weather in the United Kingdom, with one ar
- Drought in TurkeyDrought is common in Turkey, especially in the south and center of the country, with 2021
- Droughts in CaliforniaThe historical and ongoing periodic droughts in California result from various complex met
- Droughts in the United StatesThe United States' contiguous western and especially southwestern region has experienced w
- Drummond MatthewsBritish marine geologist and geophysicist
- Druse (botany)A druse is a group of crystals of calcium oxalate, silicates, or carbonates present in pla
- Dry lakeArea that contained a standing surface water body
- Dry lineBoundary between moist and dry air
- Dry seasonYearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics
- Dry thunderstormThunderstorm where little to no precipitation reaches the ground
- DrylandsWater-scarce areas
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-StrelitzThe Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in Northern Germany consisting of the easter
- Ductility (Earth science)In Earth science, ductility refers to the capacity of a rock to deform to large strains wi
- Duluth ComplexThe Duluth Complex, the related Beaver Bay Complex, and the associated North Shore Volcani
- Duluth, MinnesotaCity in Minnesota, United States
- Dundas, TasmaniaDundas was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western
- DuneHill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water
- Duria Antiquior1830 painting by Henry De la Beche
- DustSmall particles in the air and settling onto surfaces
- Dust devilType of whirlwind
- Dust stormMeteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions
- Dvorak techniqueSubjective technique to estimate tropical cyclone intensity
- Dynamic topographyThe term dynamic topography is used in geodynamics to refer the elevation differences caus
