a mesoscale sediment budget

That would fit my personal experience of myself.

We have more shelves than cupboards.

afforestation

dunno i dont really relate to lacking that concept personally

The seed alone is poisonous.

Earth offers enough room.

For reforestation and afforestation together, see Forest Management.

lands that were not forest before

establishing new forests on lands that were not forests before

stratigraphic subdivision

signature of the last ice age

What is tephra?

tephra

The response of the East Antarctic ice-sheet

Here 'pencil' means the tip of a sharpened pencil.

International Hydrological Decade (IHD)

World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

ICSI (International Commission on Snow and Ice)