Last updated: September 2, 2026
Welcome to Earth-Catalog. These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of Earth-Catalog.com and the educational material published on the website.
By accessing, browsing, or using Earth-Catalog, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, you should stop using the website.
Earth-Catalog is an independent educational publication exploring Earth science through Land, Water, Climate, Life, and Space.
Educational Purpose
Content published on Earth-Catalog is provided for general educational and informational purposes. Articles may explain natural materials, processes, organisms, environments, events, scientific methods, historical evidence, models, measurements, and discoveries.
Earth-Catalog does not provide personalized scientific consulting or professional services. Nothing on the website should be treated as medical, legal, financial, engineering, environmental, emergency, safety, or other professional advice.
Information about earthquakes, volcanoes, severe weather, climate, wildlife, water conditions, natural hazards, or other potentially dangerous subjects is not a substitute for instructions from emergency services, public authorities, qualified scientists, or licensed professionals. Do not rely on Earth-Catalog to make urgent safety decisions, conduct fieldwork, identify hazardous materials or organisms, or assess risk at a specific location.
Scientific Information and Uncertainty
Earth-Catalog aims to publish clear, carefully researched explanations based on credible information. However, scientific knowledge develops as new evidence, analytical methods, observations, and interpretations become available.
Some subjects involve uncertainty, competing explanations, incomplete evidence, estimated dates, modeled outcomes, changing classifications, or measurements with defined margins of error. An article may summarize the scientific understanding available when it was prepared without representing every interpretation or later development.
We do not guarantee that every statement, value, classification, illustration, or explanation will always be complete, current, error-free, or suitable for a particular purpose. Readers should consult current primary research, official scientific organizations, public authorities, or qualified professionals when accuracy is important to a decision.
Earth-Catalog may correct, expand, reorganize, replace, or remove content without advance notice. The website is not required to keep any article available permanently.
Editorial Independence
Subjects and articles are selected according to their relevance to Earth science, the strength of available evidence, and the editorial structure of the website. Mentioning a scientific institution, researcher, publication, location, product, organization, or commercial entity does not imply sponsorship, partnership, approval, or endorsement.
Earth-Catalog is not affiliated with the universities, agencies, museums, laboratories, publishers, businesses, or other organizations mentioned in its articles unless a relationship is expressly disclosed.
Advertising, sponsorship, affiliate participation, or another commercial relationship, if introduced, does not guarantee favorable coverage or control scientific conclusions. Accepted commercial relationships should be identified through an appropriate disclosure.
External Sources and Websites
Earth-Catalog may refer or link to scientific institutions, government agencies, universities, research publications, databases, image providers, or other third-party resources.
External websites are independently operated and may change without notice. Earth-Catalog does not control their availability, accuracy, security, content, privacy practices, or terms. A link or reference is provided for informational purposes and does not make Earth-Catalog responsible for the third party or its services.
Visitors should review the applicable terms and privacy information before creating an account, submitting personal information, downloading files, or completing a transaction on another website.
Accounts and Personal Information
Earth-Catalog does not currently provide user accounts, memberships, newsletter subscriptions, comments, online purchases, or a website contact form. Visitors can read the available content without creating a profile or submitting payment information.
If you contact Earth-Catalog by email, you voluntarily provide the information contained in your message. The Privacy Policy explains how email correspondence, technical information, analytics, and cookies may be processed.
Acceptable Use
You may use Earth-Catalog for lawful personal study, general research, education, and ordinary browsing. You may also share links to publicly available pages.
You must not:
- Damage, overload, disable, or disrupt the website
- Attempt to access restricted systems, servers, databases, or administrative areas
- Bypass security measures or access restrictions
- Introduce malware, harmful code, or automated attacks
- Use the website for unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or deceptive activity
- Falsely attribute material to Earth-Catalog
- Misrepresent an association, partnership, or endorsement
- Remove or obscure copyright, credit, or ownership notices
Automated scraping, systematic downloading, large-scale extraction, database creation, or republication of website content is not permitted without prior written authorization, except where the activity cannot lawfully be restricted.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, Earth-Catalog’s original articles, editorial organization, branding, website design, graphics, and presentation belong to the website operator and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
Visitors may read the content, share links, and make ordinary personal or educational use of it. Brief quotations may be used where permitted by law when they are accurate, appropriately limited, clearly attributed to Earth-Catalog, and do not misrepresent the original context.
Copying, translating, republishing, distributing, selling, licensing, or commercially exploiting complete articles or substantial portions of original content requires prior written permission unless applicable law allows the use without authorization.
Photographs, illustrations, scientific figures, trademarks, organizational names, and other third-party materials remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on Earth-Catalog does not transfer ownership or establish an endorsement.
Website Availability
Earth-Catalog may become temporarily unavailable because of maintenance, software updates, security work, hosting problems, network failures, or circumstances beyond the operator’s reasonable control.
Continuous, timely, secure, or error-free access is not guaranteed. Earth-Catalog may modify, restrict, suspend, or discontinue any section or feature when reasonably necessary.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Your use of Earth-Catalog and any reliance on its content are at your own discretion and risk. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content are provided without warranties regarding completeness, accuracy, availability, suitability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
Earth-Catalog is not responsible for losses, damage, costs, injuries, decisions, or other consequences arising from:
- Reliance on incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated information
- Misinterpretation or misuse of educational content
- Decisions made without consulting appropriate authorities or professionals
- Natural hazards, environmental conditions, organisms, or physical materials discussed on the website
- External websites, services, downloads, statements, or security practices
- Temporary website interruptions or technical errors
- Unauthorized third-party activity beyond reasonable control
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
Changes to These Terms
Earth-Catalog may revise these Terms and Conditions when the website, its content, technical services, business practices, or applicable requirements change. The updated version will be published on this page with a revised date.
Continued use of Earth-Catalog after new terms are published constitutes acceptance of the revised version.
Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of Albania, subject to any mandatory rights or legal protections that apply in a visitor’s country or jurisdiction.
Disputes concerning the website will be handled under applicable law by the competent courts unless mandatory rules require otherwise.
Contact
Questions about these Terms and Conditions may be sent to:
Email: info@earth-catalog.com