Alcohol Crime and Drugs - Substance-related Arrests, Presence Of Drugs At The Time Of Arrest, Juvenile Drug Use, Characteristics of Inmates - Race, Ethnicity, Age, And Gender, Types Of Crimes, Education Of Prison And Jail Inmates, Crime Prevention Law Enforcement and Public Opinions About Crime - City, County, And State Law Enforcement, Federal Law Enforcement, Crime Prevention, The Fear Of Crime - THE DEATH PENALTY, Crime—an Overview - Crime, Factors In The Rate Of Crime, Crime On The Decline, Increases Predicted, Decreases Noted In 2003…
Advance Directives - A Brief History Of Advance Directives, Living Wills, Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care, Advance Directives - A Brief History Of Advance Directives, Living Wills, Importance Of Communication, Additional Instructions In Advance Directives, Court and the End of Life - The Right To Privacy: Karen Ann Quinlan, Substituted Judgment, Competent Patients' Wishes, The Subjective, Limited-objective, And Pure-objective Tests, Courts and the End of Life - The Right To Privacy: Karen Ann Quinlan, Substituted Judgment, Competent Patients' Wishes, The Subjective, Limited-objective, And Pure-objective Tests…
Abuse Drugs—Use and Addiction - Five Categories Of Substances, Drugs Discussed In This Book, What Are Abuse And Addiction?, AIDS and Intravenous Drug Use - Hiv/aids—the Background, Ways Hiv Is Transmitted, The Death Toll Of Aids, Sharing Equipment, Alcohol Abuse and Addiction - The Definition Of Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse Or Alcoholism?, Prevalence Of Alcohol Abuse Andalcoholism, Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism Invarious Racial/ethnic Groups, Alcohol—What it Is and What it Does - What Constitutes A Drink?, Alcohol Consumption In Theunited States, The Short-term Effects Of Alcohol On The Body…
A Hole in the Sky: Ozone Depletion - Earth's Protective Ozone Layer, Evidence Of Ozone Depletion, Consequences Of Ozone Depletion, Ozone-depleting Chemicals, Acid Rain - What Is Acid Rain?, Factors Affecting Acid Deposition, Sources Of Sulfate And Nitrate Inthe Atmosphere, Acid Rain - What Is Acid Rain?, Sources Of Sulfate And Nitrate In The Atmosphere, Natural Factors That Affect Acid Rain Deposition, Air Quality - The Air People Breathe, What Are The Major Air Pollutants?, The Automobile's Contribution To Air Pollution, An Energy Overview - A Historical Perspective, Governmental Energy Policies, Domestic Energy Usage, Energy Imports And Exports, Fossil Fuel Production Prices…
A Changing Nation—Wealth and Income Distribution - Growing Income Inequality, Median Household Incomes, Net Worth Of Households, Entering And Leaving Poverty, America Discovers New Ways to Communicate - E-mail, Instant Messaging, Voice Over Internet Protocol (voip), Mobile Phones, The Future Of Communications, America's Families - Households, Changing Family Structure, Same-sex Partners And Families, Multigenerational Families, Military Families In Wartime, American Businesses - Legal Structures Of Businesses, Federal Regulation Of Business, The Role Of Small Business In A Complex Economy…
aa, abandoned well, abatement, abatement debris, Edward Abbey Biography, abiotic, ablation, Ablation zone, Aborigines, abrasion, absolute age, absolute chronology, absolute dating, absolute humidity, absolute poverty, absolute relief, absolute scarcity, absolute zero, absorb, absorbed dose, absorbent, absorption, absorptive capacity, abstraction, abundance, abyss, abyssal hill, abyssal plain, abyssal zone, accelerated erosion, acceptable daily intake, acceptable risk, accident site, accident type, acclimation, acclimatization, accounting, accretion, accumulation rate…
all‐aged stand, allocation, allochthonous, allometry, allomone, allopatric, allotment, allotrope, allotropy, allowable annual harvest, allowable cut, allowable use, alloy, alluvial, alluvial cone, alluvial deposit, alluvial fan, alluvial plain, alluvial river, alluvial soil, alluvium, alp, alpha decay, alpha diversity, alpha particle, alpha radiation, alpine, alpine glacier, alternative agriculture, alternative compliance, alternative crop, alternative energy, alternative farming, alternative fuel, alternative technology, altimeter, altiplano, altithermal, altitude, altitudinal migration…
A‐horizon, assimilative capacity, association, Association for Biodiversity Information, association, index of, asteroid, asthenosphere, astronomy, asynchronous, at risk species, Atlantic Basin, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Period, atmosphere, atmospheric boundary layer, atmospheric deposition, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric transport, atmospheric window, atoll, atom, atomic energy, atomic number(Z), atomic pile, atomic weight, attainment area, attenuation, attractant, attributable risk, attrition, auction, audit, JohnJames Audubon Biography, Audubon Society, auger, auger mining…
bio‐, biofuel, biogas, biogenic, biogenic source, biogenically reworked zone, biogeochemical cycle, biogeochemistry, biogeocoenosis, biogeographical, biogeographical province/realm, biogeography, biogeophysical feedback, biohazard, biohydrology, bioindicator, bioinformatics, biolimiting, biological additive, biological amplification, biological assessment, biological classification, biological concentration, biological contamination, biological control, biological diversity, biological half‐life, biological integrity, biological invasion, biological magnification, biological monitoring, biological oxidation, biological oxygen demand (BOD), biological pesticide, biological productivity, biological resource, biological simplification…
B‐horizon, bulky waste, bunchgrass, bund, buoyancy, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Burgess shale, burial ground, burn, bush, bush encroachment, bush fallow, bush land, business‐as‐usual scenario, butane(C4H10), butte, butterfly effect, butyric fermentation, buy‐back centre, Buys Ballot's law, BWR, bycatch, bypass, byproduct, cable logging, cadmium(Cd), caesium(Cs), CAFE, CAFO, Cainozoic, Cairo Conference, calcareous, calcicole, calcification, calcite, calcium(Ca)…
C:N ratio, chemoreceptor, chemosynthesis, chemotroph, chernozem, Chernobyl, chert, chestnut blight, chestnut soil, Chihuahuan Desert, chimney, china clay, China Syndrome, chinook, Chipko Movement, chitin, chitin inhibitor, chlorides(Cl-), chlorinated hydrocarbon, chlorinated solvent, chlorination, chlorine(Cl), chlorocarbon, chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs), chloronicotinyl, chlorophyll, chloroplast, chlorosis, CHM, cholera, choropleth map, chromatography, chromium(Cr), chromosome, chronic, chronic effect, chronic exposure, chronic respiratory disease, chronic toxicity…
co‐adaptation, co‐evolution, co‐management, common property resource management, common resource, common variety mineral, commons, communal resource management system, community, community based conservation, community based natural resource management (CBNRM), community based planning, community ecology, Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act (CERFA), community forestry, community involvement, community right‐to‐know, Community‐Right‐To‐Know Act (EPCRA) (1986), community services land, compaction, comparative risk assessment, compartment, compatible, compatible use, compensation level/point, compensatory restoration, competence, competent authority, competition…
C‐horizon, cracking, cradle‐to‐grave system, crag, crag‐and‐tail, crater, craton, created opening, creationism, Creative Act (1891), creature, credit, creek, creep, creeper, crest, Cretaceous, Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease, crevasse, crisis management, criteria pollutant, critical factor, critical habitat, critical load, critical path method (CPM), critical wildlife habitat, critically endangered, croft, crop, crop dusting, crop productivity, crop residue, crop rooting zone, crop rotation, crop yield, cropland, cropping pattern, cropping regime…
design capacity, designated pollutant, designated use, designer bug, desired condition, desired plant community, desorption, destratification, destructive margin, destructive metabolism, destructive plate boundary, desulphurization, detention storage, detention time, detergent, deterministic, detoxify, detrital carbonate, detrital sediment, detritivore, detritus, detritus feeder, deuterium (D), developed country, developed land, developed recreation, developing country, development, development control, development rights, development well, Devensian, Devonian, dew, dew point, dewater, diabatic, diagenesis…
D‐horizon, dynamic equilibrium, dynamics, dysgenic, dystrophic, E. coli, early action, early forest succession, earlywood, Earth, Earth Charter, Earth Council, Earth Day, Earth Liberation Front (ELF), Earth Observation Satellite (EOS), Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), Earth Summit, EarthFirst!, earthflow, earthquake, earthquake intensity, earthquake magnitude, Earthwatch, earthworks, easement, east, easterlies, ebb current, ebb tide, EC, eccentricity, ecdysis, ecdysone, ecesis, echo‐sounder, ecliptic, eclosion, eco‐…
end‐of‐the‐pipe, endotherm, endothermic, endrin, energetics, energy, energy balance, energy budget, energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy farming, energy flow, energy flux, energy intensity, energy plantation, energy pyramid, energy recovery, energy resource, energy source, energy type, enforcement, engineering, englacial, englacial stream, enhanced greenhouse effect, enhancement, Enlightenment, enriched fallow, enrichment, ENSO, enteric, enteric bacteria, enthalpy, entisol, entomology, entrain, entropy, environment, Environment Agency, environmental accounting, environmental activism…
ex situ, ex situ conservation, exothermic, exotic, exotic species, exploitation, exploitation competition, exploratory well, exponential growth, export, exposed, exposed group, exposure, exposure assessment, exposure event, exposure indicator, exposure level, exposure limit, exposure pathway, exposure route, exposure–response relationship, extant, extended outlook, extensive recreation, extent, external cost, external forcing, externality, externalization of production costs, extinct, extinction, extirpated, extirpation, extract, extraction, extractive reserve, extrapolation, extraterrestrial shortwave radiation…
F scale, FMD, FNSI, focal species, focus, fodder, FOE, foehn(föhn), foetus, fog, fog bank, fogging, fold, fold mountain, folding, foliage, foliation, foliose, Food and Agriculture Organization, food chain, Food Quality Protection Act (1996), food waste, food web, foot and mouth disease (FMD), footprint, forage, forage crop, forage production, forage yield, foraging, foraminifera, foraminiferal ooze, forb, Forbes band, forcing, forecast, foreground, foreshore…
genetic analysis, genetic assimilation, genetic base, genetic code, genetic damage, genetic distance, genetic diversity, genetic drift, genetic effect, Genetic Engineering, genetic erosion, genetic manipulation, genetic material, genetic modification, genetic polymorphism, genetic resource, genetic use restriction technology (GURT), genetically modified organism (GMO), genetics, genome, genome project, genomics, genotype, genotypic adaptation, genus, geo‐, geoarchaeology, geochemical, geochemistry, geochronology, geocoordinates, geodesic, geodesy, geodetic, geodetic survey, geographical information system (GIS)…
G‐rank, Group of 7(G7), Group of 8(G8), group selection, grove, growing season, grow‐out, growth band, growth form, growth rate, growth ring, groyne(groin), guild, Gulf Stream, gully, gumbotill, Gunz, GURT, gust, guyot, GWP, gymnosperm, gypsum, gypsy moth, gyre, gyttja, habit, habitat, habitat action plan, habitat connectivity, habitat conservation plan, habitat enhancement, habitat fragmentation, habitat indicator, habitat loss, habitat patch, habitat restoration…
hot spring, hot zone, household, household waste, HOV, HRS, Human Dimension of Global Change Programme (HDGCP), human ecology, human equivalent dose, human exceptionalism paradigm (HEP), human exposure evaluation, human genome, Human Genome Initiative, Human Genome Project, human health risk, human impact, humanitarian, humic, humic acid, humid, humid continental climate, humid continental mixed forest, humid subtropical climate, humid subtropical forest, humid tropics, humidification, humidity, humification, humus, hunt, hunter‐gatherer, hunting…
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in situ, in vitro, in vivo, in‐bye, inerts, infant mortality, infanticide, infauna, infection, infectious agent, infectious disease, infectious waste, inference, infest, infestation, infill, infiltration, infiltration capacity, infiltration rate, inflation, inflow, influent, informal outdoor recreation, informal settlement, informatics, information, information management, information science, infrared (IR), infrastructure, ingestion, inhalation, inherent, inherent value, inherit, inholding, injection well, injection zone, inland waters, inlet, inner core…
IWRM, Janzen–Connell escape hypothesis, J‐curve, jet streak, jet stream, JI, jigging, joint, joint and several liability, Joint Implementation (JI), jökulhlaup, joule(J), judicial precedent, jungle, Jurassic, jurisdiction, Jusscannz, justice, juvenile, juvenile gas, juvenile hormone, juvenile hormone analogue, kairomone, kame, kame delta, kame terrace, Kansan, kaolin, kaolinite, karst, karyotype, katabatic wind, kata‐front, kelp, kelp forest, Kelvin(K), kerbside collection, kerbside recycling scheme…
limnetic, limnetic zone, limnology, lindane, line, line thinning, lineage, liner, ling, Linnaean classification, Carolus Linnaeus Biography, lipid solubility, lipids, liquefaction, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquid, listed species, listed waste, listing, lithic, lithification, lithology, lithosphere, lithostratigraphy, lithotroph, litre, litter, litterfall, Little Climatic Optimum, Little Ice Age, littoral, littoral drift, littoral zone, live fence, livestock, livestock unit, living collection, living fence…
market price, market value, market values, market‐based incentive, market‐based mechanism, marketplace, mark–recapture, marl, marl lake, marram grass, marsh, marsh fever, GeorgePerkins Marsh Biography, Robert Marshall Biography, marshland, marsupial, Marxism, mass balance, mass burn, mass extinction, mass movement, mass selection, mass spectrometry, mass transit, mass wasting, massif, massive rock, mast, master plan, mating, matrix, matter, mature soil, mature timber, mature tree, maturity, Mauna Loa, Mauna Loa record…
m.y, mire, MIS, miscible, misfit stream, Mission to Planet Earth, mist, mistral, mite, mitigate, mitigation, mitigation bank, mitochondrion, mixed cloud, mixed cropping, mixed farming, mixed grass, mixed layer, mixed stand, mixed waste, mixing cycle, mixing depth, mixing fog, mixing ratio, mixture, MMI, MNC, MNR, mobile, mobile dune, mobile incinerator system, mobile source, mobility, mobility transition, model, modelling, moderate, moderately exposed, moderately stratified estuary…
natural immunity, natural increase, Natural Landmark, natural landscape, Natural Monument/Natural Landmark, natural nidus, natural process, natural process restoration, natural range, natural range of variation, natural regeneration, natural region, Natural Reserve, natural resource, natural resource accounting, natural resource accounts (NRAs), natural resource management, natural resource zoning, Natural Resources Defense Council, natural sciences, natural selection, natural vegetation, naturalized, naturally occurring background level, naturalness, natural‐technological disaster, Nature, nature, Nature Conservancy, The (TNC)…
Arne Næss Biography, N‐rank, nurse tree, nursery stock, nutrient, nutrient cycle, nutrient deficiency, nutrient depletion, nutrient enrichment, nutrient loading, nutrient pollution, NWF, NWS, objective, obligate, obligate mutualist, obligation, oblique‐slip fault, obliquity, obsidian, occidental, occluded front, occlusion, occupational exposure, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), occurrence, ocean, ocean bed, ocean current, ocean dumping, Ocean Dumping Act, ocean energy sources, ocean floor, ocean pollution, ocean trench, Oceanian realm…
palaeo‐, palaeoenvironment, palaeoenvironmental proxy, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, Palaeogene, palaeogeographical map, palaeogeography, palaeohydrology, Palaeo‐Indian, palaeolimnology, Palaeolithic, palaeomagnetism, palaeontological area, palaeontology, palaeosol, palaeotropics, palaeowind, Palaeozoic, palatable, palatable species, palatable water, paleo‐, palm, Palmer drought severity index, Palouse prairie, paludification, palustrine, palustrine wetland, palynology, pampas, PAN, pan, pandemic, Pangaea, panorama, Panthalassa, pantropical, paper, paper mill, parabiosis, paradigm, paraffin, parallel drainage pattern, parapatric speciation…
phreatophyte, phyletic evolution, phyletic gradualism, phylogenetic, phylogenetic species concept, phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics, phylogeny, phylum, physical and chemical treatment, physical environment, physical factor, physical oceanography, physical planning, physical quality of life, physical weathering, physics, physiognomic, physiognomy, physiographic climax, physiographic province, physiographic region, physiography, physiological drought, physiological race, physiology, phyto‐, phytochemical, phytology, phytomedicine, phytonutrient, phytoplankton, phytoremediation, phytotoxic, phytotoxin, phytotreatment, picocurie(pCi), picoplankton, piedmont, piedmont glacier…
POTW, poverty, powder snow, power, power plant, power station, ppb, PPC, ppm, ppmv, PPP, PRA, prairie, prairie pothole, Precambrian, precautionary principle, precedent, precedent law, precession, precious metal, precipitate, precipitation, precipitation scavenging, precipitator, pre‐commercial thinning, pre‐commitment period, precursor, pre‐cycling, predation, predator, predator control, prediction, pre‐existing use, preferable species, pre‐glacial, prehistoric, Preliminary Assessment (PA), premature death, preparation, preparatory cut, preparedness, prescribed burn…
radiant energy, radiant heat transfer, radiation, radiation balance, radiation budget, radiation dose, radiation exposure, radiation fog, radiation inversion, radiation sickness, radiation standard, radiative balance, radiative cooling, radiative forcing, radiative transfer, radiatively active gas, radical ecology, radio telemetry, radio wave, radioactive, radioactive decay, radioactive isotope, radioactive pollution, radioactive substance, radioactive waste, radioactivity, radiobiology, radiocarbon(14C), radiocarbon dating, radiochemical species, radioecology, radioisotope, radioisotope dating, radiolaria, radiolarian ooze, radiolarite…
remediation, remedy, remote automatic weather station (RAWS), remote sensing, remotely operated vehicle (ROV), removal action, removal cut, renewable, renewable energy, Renewable Energy Certificate (REC), Renewable Energy Credit, Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC), Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), renewable resource, renewables, replacement level, replacement‐level fertility, replenishable resource, reportable quantity (RQ), repository, representative area, representative sample, representativeness, reprocessing, reproduction, reproductive health hazard, reproductive isolation, reproductive potential, reptile, research, Research Natural Area…
safe yield, Saffir–Simpson scale, Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, The, Sagebrush Rebellion, Sahara, Sahel, saline, saline deposit, saline intrusion, saline soil, salinization, salinity, salinity gradient, salmonid, SALR, salt, salt flat, salt spray, salt weathering, salt wedging, saltation, saltatorial, saltmarsh, saltwater, saltwater intrusion, salvage, salvage logging, sample, sampling, San Andreas fault, sanction, sand, Sand County Almanac, sand desert, sand dune, sand mining, sand prairie, sand storm…
sewage, sewage contamination, sewage lagoon, sewage outfall, sewage sludge, sewage system, sewage treatment, sewage treatment plant, sewer, sewerage, sex ratio, sexual reproduction, sexual selection, shade intolerant, shade tolerant, shadow price, shale, shale oil, shallow ecology, Shannon–Wiener index, shanty town, shear, shear strength, shear stress, shear wave, shearing, sheep dip, sheet erosion, sheet flow, sheet lightning, shelf break, shelter, shelterbelt, sheltered, shelterwood cut, shepherd, shield, shield area…
soil moisture, soil moisture deficit, soil monolith, soil order, soil organic matter, soil phase, soil pipe, soil productivity, soil profile, soil reaction, soil region, soil resource inventory, soil salinization, soil series, soil solution, soil structure, soil survey, soil taxon, soil taxonomic unit, soil taxonomy, soil texture, soil type, soil water, soil‐forming factor, soil‐forming process, solar activity, solar architecture, solar cell, solar collector, solar constant, solar cycle, solar energy, solar flare…
strangler, strata, strategic environmental assessment (SEA), strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), strategic mineral, strategic plan, strategy, stratification, stratified, stratified drift, stratified estuary, stratified seed, stratified vegetation, stratiform, stratigraphic, stratigraphic sequence, stratigraphic unit, stratigraphy, stratocumulus(Sc), stratopause, stratosphere, stratospheric ozone, stratotype, stratovolcano, stratum, stratus(St), straw, streak, stream, stream bank, stream based standard, stream bed, stream channel, stream discharge, stream frequency, stream order…
S‐curve, S‐rank, S‐wave, systems analysis, tableland, tagmata, tagmosis, taiga, taiga climate, tail water, tailings, tailpipe, tailpipe standard, take, taking, taku, tall stacks policy, tallgrass, tallgrass prairie, talus, talus cone, tannin, tap root, tap water, tar sand, target area, target level, target species, tarn, taxon, taxonomic, taxonomy, Taylor Grazing Act (1934), TBT, TDS, TEA‐21, tebufenozide, technocentric, technocracy, techno‐fix, technological disaster, technological hazard…
toxic site, toxic substance, Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) (1976), toxic waste, toxification, toxin, TQM, trace, trace element, trace gas, trace metal, tracer, traction, tractor logging, tradable emission permit, tradable permit, trade, trade wind, trade‐off, traditional agriculture, traditional knowledge, traditional resource rights, Tragedy of the Commons, trail, trait, traitor technology, trample, trampling, Trans‐Alaska Pipeline, trans‐basin diversion, trans‐boundary pollution, Transcendentalism, transcurrent fault, transect, transform fault, transform plate boundary…
unstable air, unsuitable forestland, updraft, upland, uplift, upslope fog, upslope precipitation, upslope wind, upstream, upwarping, upwelling, upwelling current, upwind, uraninite, uranium(U), urban, urban and built‐up area/land, urban area, urban climate, urban development, urban district, urban forestry, urban heat island, urban planning, urban renewal, urban runoff, urban settlement, urban sprawl, urbanization, urtication, US, US Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)…
water quality criteria, water quality objective, water quality standard, water quality testing, water resource, water resource management, water softening, water storage pond, water supply, water supply system, water table, water treatment, water treatment lagoon, water vapour, water well, water year, water yield, water‐holding capacity, watershed, watershed approach, watershed area, watershed management, waterspout, waterway, watt (W), wave, wave amplitude, wave crest, wave cyclone, wave depression, wave energy, wave frequency, wave height…
