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…
Acid Rain and Acid Deposition, Aerosols, Agriculture and Agricultural Land, Agriculture and Biodiversity, Albedo, Alcohol, Amazonia and Deforestation, Antarctica and Climate Change, Anthropogeomorphology, Aral Sea, Arctic Sea-Ice, Arctic Warming, Australia and Global Change, Belief Systems, Biofuels, Biogeochemical Cycles, Biological Diversity, Biological Feedback, Biological Realms, Biomes, Boreal Forests and Climate Change, Brazil, Brundtland Commission, Building Decay, Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Cycle, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Taxes, Carrying Capacity…
The Holocene, Ice Sheets, Ice Shelves, Impacts by Asteroids, Impacts of Climate Change, India and Environmental Change, Industrial Ecology, Industrial Metabolism, Insurance, Intergenerational Equity, International Environmental Agreements, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Irrigation, Joint Implementation, Kyoto Progress, Kyoto Protocol, Lakes, Land Preservation, Land Reclamation, Land Surface Processes, Land Use, Little Ice Age in Europe, Loess, Mangroves, Marginal Seas…
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…
adjustment, administered dose, adsorption, advanced air emission control device, advanced character, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), advanced wastewater treatment, advection, advection fog, advection frost, advection inversion, adventitious root, adverse effect/impact, advisory, Aedes aegypti, aeolian(eolian), aeolian deposit, aeolian erosion, aeolian soil, aeration, aeration tank, aeration zone, aerial logging, aerial photograph, aeroallergen, aerobe, aerobic, aerobic biological oxidation, aerobic composting, aerobic digestion, aerobic organism, aerobic treatment, aerodynamic…
air drainage wind, air emission, air exchange rate, air mass, air mass thunderstorm, air monitoring, air photograph, air pollutant, air pollution control device, air pollution episode, air pressure, air pollution, air quality, air quality class, air quality control region, air quality criteria, Air Quality Framework Directive, Air Quality Index (AQI), air quality standard, air sampling, air stripping, airshed, Alar, ALARA, Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (ANILCA) (1979), albedo, alcohol, aldehyde…
ambient air quality standard, ambient level, ambient measurement, amelioration, amenity, amenity horticulture, amenity planting, amenity resource, amenity value, amino acid, amino‐acid dating, ammonia(NH3), ammonia fixation, ammonification, ammonium(NH4), ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, amphibian, anabatic wind, anabolism, anadromous, anaemia, anaerobe, anaerobic, anaerobic biological treatment, anaerobic composting, anaerobic decomposition, anaerobic digestion, ana‐front, analogue, anatomy, ancestor, ancient forest, ancient woodland, andesite, andisol, androgyny, anemometer…
ant mosaic, anti‐environmental group, anti‐equitable effect, Antiquities Act (1906), anvil cloud, ANWR, AONB, AOSIS, aphelion, aphotic, apiculture, apodous, applied dose, appropriate technology, apterygote, AQI, aquaculture, aquanaut, aquarium, aquasilvicultural system, aquatic, aquatic resources, aqueduct, aqueous, aqueous solubility, aquiclude, aquifer, aquifer depletion, aquifer mining, aquitard, arable, arachnid, Aral Sea, arbitration, arboreal, arboretum, arboriculture, arbovirus, Archaean, Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act (1974), archaeological resource…
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…
bar, barchan, barium (Ba), bark, bark beetle, barograph, barometer, barometric gradient, barometric pressure, barothermograph, barrage, barrel, petroleum, barren, barren land, barrier hedge, barrier island, barrier reef, basal ice, basal lamina, basal sediment, basal sliding/slip, basalt, base, base exchange capacity, base level, base map, base metal, base neutral acid compound, base pair, base year, baseflow, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1992)…
Bhopal, bicarbonate, bid, biennial, big game, bilateral trade/transaction, bilharzia, bill, billow cloud, binding target, bioaccumulant, bioaccumulation, bioamplification, bioarchaeology, bioassay, bioassessment, bioaugmentation, bioavailability, bioavailable, biobarrier, biocatalyst, biocentric, biocentrism, biochemical, biochemical decay, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), biochemical precipitate, biochemicals, biochemistry, biocide, bioclastic rock, biocoenosis, bioconcentration, biocontrol, bioconversion, biocriteria, biodegradable, biodiesel, biodiversity, Biodiversity Action Network(Bionet), biodiversity action plan (BAP)…
bio‐, biomass, biomass burning, biomass energy, biomass fuel, biomass generation plant, biomass harvesting, biome, biomedicine, biometric, biometrics, biometry, biomonitor, biomonitoring, BIONET, biopesticide, biopharmaceuticals, biopile, biopiracy, bioprocess, bioprospecting, bioreactor, bioreclamation, bioregion, bioregional planning, bioremediation, bioreserve, biosafety, biosecurity, biosolids, biosphere, Biosphere II, Biosphere Reserve, biostatistics, biostimulation, biostratigraphy, biosurvey, biosynthesis, biota, biotechnology, bioterrorism, biotic, biotic association, biotic community, biotic potential…
Bordeaux mixture, bore, boreal, boreal climate, boreal forest, borehole, Norman Borlaug Biography, boron (B), boss, botanical, botanical garden, botanical insecticide, botanical medicine, botanical pesticide, botany, bottle bank, bottom ash, bottom berg, bottom fish, bottom land, bottom water, boulder, boulder clay, boundary, boundary layer, boundary water, Boundary Water Treaty, bovine, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), BP, BPCT, BPEO, Bq, BR, brachiopod, bracken, brackish, Braess's paradox…
B‐horizon, bulk density, 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…
carbon‐14(14C), carbon offset, carbon pool, carbon reservoir, carbon sequestration, carbon sink, carbon source, carbon stock, carbon tax, carbon tetrachloride(Cl4), carbon‐based resource, carcinogen, carcinogenic, carcinoma, cardenolide, Caring for the Earth, carnivore, carnivorous, Carolina parakeet, car‐pooling, carr, carrier, carrion, carrying capacity, Rachel Carson Biography, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cartel, cartography, cascade, cash crop, casing, cask, casualty, CAT, catabolism, catadromous, catalysis, catalyst, catalytic converter…
chalk grassland, channel, channel bar, channel improvement, channel pattern, channel storage, channelization, chaos, chaos theory, chaparral, character, character displacement, character type, characteristic, characteristic diversity, characteristic species, characterization, charcoal, charge, chattermark, chelate, chelation, chemical, chemical agent, chemical bond, chemical compound, chemical control, chemical decomposition, chemical element, Chemical elements, chemical emergency, chemical energy, chemical equilibrium, chemical fixation, chemical of concern (COC), chemical of potential concern (COPC)…
cirque, cirque glacier, cirriform, cirrocumulus(Cc), cirrostratus(Cs), cirrus(Ci), cistern, CITES, CITES species, city, city planning, CJD, clade, cladistic species concept, cladistics, cladogenesis, cladogram, clarification, clarifier, clarity, Clarke‐McNary Act (1924), class, class action suit, Class I area, Class I Substance, Class II Substance, classical economics, classification, clast, clastic, clay, clay pan, clay soil, Clean Air Act (1963), Clean Air Act Amendments (1970)…
C:N ratio, cloud street, cloud type, cloudy, Club of Rome, cluster zoning, clutch, CNG, CO, coagulant, coagulation, coal, coal cleaning technology, coal gasification, coal liquefaction, coal measures, coal series, coal tar, coal washing, Coalition for Vehicle Choice, coarse filter approach, coarse woody debris, coarse‐grained, coast, coastal defence, coastal flooding, coastal pelagic fish, coastal plain, coastal processes, coastal protection, coastal reef, coastal upwelling, coastal wetland, coastal zone…
common name, common property resource, 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…
conspicuous consumption, constructive margin, constructive metabolism, constructive plate boundary, consumer, consumerism, consumption, consumptive use, consumptive wildlife, contact herbicide, contact metamorphism, contact pesticide, contagious, contained use, containment, contaminant, contaminant level, contaminate, contaminated land, contaminated site, contamination, contiguous, contiguous zone, continent, continental, continental air mass, continental climate, continental crust, continental divide, continental drift, continental glaciation, continental glacier, continental margin, continental plate, continental polar air mass, continental rise, continental shelf…
co‐adaptation, co‐evolution, co‐management, Co‐ordinated Information on the Environment in the European Community, coral budding, coral reef, corbiculum, cordwood, core, core area, CORINE project, Coriolis effect, cornucopian, corona, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) (1975), corporate social responsibility, corrective action, correlation, corridor, corrie, corrosion, corrosive, corrosivity, cosmic radiation, cosmology, cosmopolitan, cost, cost effective, cost recovery, cost sharing, cost–benefit analysis, coulee, Council of Ministers, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)…
C‐horizon, crown fire, crown height, crude birth rate, crude death rate, crude mortality rate, crude oil, crust, crustacean, crustal deformation, crustal plate, crustal rebound, crustal subsidence, cryogenic storage, cryogenics, cryopreservation, cryosphere, cryptic, cryptic coloration, cryptogam, cryptosporidium, crystal, CSD, cuesta, cull, culling, cultivar, cultivate, cultivated species, cultural eutrophication, cultural extinction, cultural landscape, cultural resource, culture, culvert, cumulative effect, cumulative exposure, cumuliform, cumulonimbus(Cb)…
decision‐making, declination, decommission, decommissioning waste, decomposer, decomposition, decontamination, deduction, deductive reasoning, deep ecology, deep ocean, deep‐scattering layer, deepwater habitat, deep‐well injection, deflation, deflocculate, defluoridation, defoliant, defoliate, deforestation, deformation, DEFRA, degasification, deglaciation, degradable, degradation, DEIS, delist, dell, Delphi method, delta, deluge, demand, demand management, demand schedule, demand species, demand‐side management, demersal, demersal fish, demineralization, demographic, demographic balancing equation, demographic force…
desert wind, desiccant, desiccation, 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…
disease agent, disease host, disease reservoir, disease transmission chain, disease vector, disinfect, disinfectant, disinfection, disjunct, disking, dispersal, dispersant, dispersed recreation, dispersed settlement, dispersion, dispersion model, disphotic zone, disposable, disposables, disposal, disposal charge, disposal facility, disposal well, disruptive coloration, dissolution, dissolved load, dissolved oxygen, dissolved solids, distillation, distribution area, disturbance, diurnal, divergence, divergent evolution, divergent margin, divergent plate boundary, diversification, diversion, diversion ditch, diversion rate…
D‐horizon, drainage system, drainage tile, drainage wind, drainfield, draw down, dredge, dredgeate, dredging, drift, drift current, drift net, driftwood, drill seeding, drinking water, drinking water supply, drip irrigation, drizzle, drop‐off, drought, drumlin, drumlin field, drumlin swarm, dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR), dry alkali injection, dry deposition, dry farming, dry ice, dry prairie, dry rock geothermal energy, dry valley, dry wash, dryland, drystone wall, dry‐summer subtropical climate…
E. coli, eco‐, eco‐activism, eco‐efficiency, eco‐extremism, ecoforestry, ecogeographical rule, Ecoglasnost, ecohouse, eco‐label, ecological, ecological amplitude, ecological approach, ecological assessment, ecological balance, ecological community, ecological development, ecological economics, ecological efficiency, ecological energetics, ecological entity, ecological equivalent, ecological evaluation, ecological exposure, ecological fallacy, ecological footprint, ecological impact, ecological indicator, ecological integrity, ecological introduction, ecological land type, ecological limit, ecological management unit, ecological modernization, ecological niche, ecological pyramid…
EEC, Eemian, EEZ, effect, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, effluent, effluent based standard, effluent fee, effluent limitation, effluent standard, Paul Ehrlich Biography, EIA, EIS, EIT, Ekman effect, elastic limit, elasticity, electric current, electric motor, electric potential, electric power, electrical conduction, electrical conductivity, electrical energy, electricity, electricity generation, electrodialysis, electrolyte, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic wave, electron, electro‐osmosis, electroplating, electrostatic precipitator, element, elevation, ELF, eligibility criteria…
end‐of‐the‐pipe, endoparasite, endophyte, endopterygota, endoskeleton, 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…
environmental racism, environmental refugee, environmental regime, environmental regulation, environmental regulator, environmental reporting, environmental resource, environmental restoration, environmental review, environmental risk, environmental science, environmental security, environmental site assessment, environmental standard, environmental stress, environmental sustainability, environmental system, environmental technology, environmental treaty, environment‐friendly, enzyme, Eocene, eolian, eolithic, EOS, EPA, Epcra, ephemeral, ephemeral flow, ephemeral plant, ephemeral stream, ephemeral wetland, epibenthos, epicentre, epidemic, epidemiology, epidermis, epifauna, epiflora…
ethnography, EU, EU Bubble, EU Directive, EU Habitats Directive, EU Life Programme, eugenic, eugenics, euhaline, eukaryote, eulittoral, euphotic zone, European Commission, European Community (EC), European Economic Community (EEC), European Environment Agency (EEA), European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellite, European Union (EU), eury‐, euryhaline, eurythermal, eustasy, eustatic, eutrophic, eutrophication, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evaporation fog, evaporation pond, evaporite, evapotranspiration, even‐aged stand, evenness, Everglades, evergreen…
extrinsic value, extrusive, exurbia, Exxon Valdez, eye, eye wall, eyrie, fabric, facies, facility, factory farming, factory ship, facultative, facultative mutualist, facultative organism, faecal, faeces, Fahrenheit(°F), fair, fall, fall line, falling tide, fallout, fallow, fallstreak, family, family planning, famine, fan, FAO, farm, farm forestry, farming, farmland, farmstead, farmyard manure, fast breeder, fast ice, fatal accident, fatality, fatality rate, fault…
fire line, fire management, fire regime, fire season, fire‐climax community, firestorm, firn, firn limit, firn line, first draw, First World, fish, Fish and Wildlife Service, fish farm, fish farming, fish kill, fish ranching, fish trapping, fisheries habitat, fishery, Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1976), fishing, fissile, fission, fissionable, fissionable isotope, fissure, fitness, fix, fixed dune, fjord, flagellate, flagellate protozoa, flagellum, flagship species, flammable, Flandrian…
fluvial process, fluvioglacial, flux, fly ash, flyway, 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…
F scale, free growth, free market, free market environmentalism, free product, free trade, free‐living, freely drained, free‐range, freeze, freeze–thaw, freezing, freezing condensation, freezing drizzle, freezing level, freezing nuclei, freezing point, freezing rain, frequency, freshet, freshwater, friable, friction, friction layer, Friends of the Earth (FOE), fringing reef, frog, frond, front, front group, frontal fog, frontal inversion, frontal lifting, frontal rain, frontal system, frontal thunderstorm, frontal zone…
game fish, game reserve, game species, game sport, gamekeeper, gamete, gamma diversity, gamma ray, gap analysis, gap formation, gap wind, garbage, garden, garden city, gas, gas chromatography, gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry, gas solubility, gas stripping, gasification, gasohol, gasoline, gastropod, GATT, Gause's principle, Gaussian curve, GCM, GDP, GEF, Geiger counter, gene, gene bank, gene fixation, gene flow, gene frequency, gene mapping, gene pool, gene splicing…
geo‐, geological erosion, geological log, geological process, geological time‐scale, The, geology, geomagnetic storm, geometric growth, geomorphic cycle, geomorphic process, geomorphology, geophysics, geophyte, geopolitics, geopotential height, georeferenced, geoscience, geosphere, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), geostationary satellite, geostrophic wind, geosyncline, geotactic, geothermal, geothermal belt, geothermal energy, geothermal gradient, germ, germ cell, germicide, germination, germplasm, gestalt, geyser, Giardia lamblia, gigahertz(GHz), gigatonne(Gt), gill…
gold(Au), Golger's rule, Gondwanaland, gonochorism, gorge, GPS, graben, grade, graded, graded bedding, graded stream, gradient, gradient wind, grading, gradualism, graft, grain, gram, Gramineae, graminoid, grandfathering, granite, granivore, granular activated carbon treatment, granular snow, grass, grass heath, grassland, grassroots, grassroots activism, grassroots conservation, graupel, gravel, graveyard, gravitational water, gravity, gravity transfer, gray(Gy), gray water, grazable woodland, graze…
G‐rank, ground zero, ground‐lead logging, groundwater runoff, Group of 10(G10), Group of 15(G15), Group of 7(G7), Group of 77(G77), 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…
hazard quotient, Hazard Ranking System (HRS), hazardous waste landfill, hazardous waste minimization, hazards analysis, haze, HCFC, HDGCP, head, headland, headwall, headwater, health, health assessment, health hazard, Healthy Forest Initiative (2003), Heartland Institute, heartwood, heat, heat capacity, heat engine, heat exhaustion, heat flux, heat index (HI), heat island, heat of fusion, heat of melting, heat of transformation, heat of vaporization, heat stroke, heat wave, heath, heather, heathland…
hinterland, HIS, historic, Historic District, historic ecosystem, historic land, historic range, historic range of variability, history, histosol, HNS Protocol, hoar, hobby farming, hogback, holding pond, holding tank, holding time, holism, holistic, holistic management, Holocene, holocoen, holometabolism, holoplankton, holozoic organism, home range, homeland, homeostasis, homeotherm, homestead, hominid, Hominidae, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, homocentric, homochromy, homogeneity, homogeneous, homosphere, Hooke's law…
hydric, hydric soil, hydro‐, hydrocarbon, hydrochloric acid(HCI), hydrochlorofluorocarbon(HCFC), hydrodynamic, hydrodynamics, hydroelectric power (HEP), hydroelectricity, hydrofluorocarbon(HFC), hydrogen(H), hydrogen sulphide(H2S), hydrogenation, hydrogeological cycle, hydrogeology, hydrograph, hydrographic divide, hydrography, hydrological, hydrological budget, hydrological cycle, hydrological unit, hydrology, hydrolysis, hydrometeor, hydrometer, hydromorphic soil, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, hydrophyte, hydropolitics, hydroponics, hydropower, hydrosere, hydrosphere, hydrostatic, hydrostatic equation, hydrostatic equilibrium…
IET, IGBP, igneous rock, ignimbrite, ignitable, Iiasa, IISD, IJC, Illinoian, illness, illuvial horizon, illuviation, imago, imbrication, immature soil, immigration, imminent threat, immiscible, immobilization, immunity, immunization, immunology, immutability, IMO, impact, impact assessment, impair, impairment, impeded drainage, imperilled species, impermeable, impervious, imports, important species, impoundment, improved grassland, inbred, inbreeding, inbreeding depression, incentive‐based regulation, inceptisol, incidence, incidence rate, incidental catch/take…
in situ, industry, inequality, inequitable, inequity, inert, inert gas, inertia, 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…
in vitro, in vivo, in‐bye, interference competition, interflow, interfluve, intergenerational equity, interglacial, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Interior Department, interior drainage, intermediate, intermediate cut, intermediate disturbance hypothesis, intermediate rock, intermediate technology, intermediate‐level waste, intermittent, intermittent flow, intermittent stream, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) (1991), intermontane basin, internal combustion engine, internal cost, internal dose, internal energy, internal migration, internal trading, internal waters, internalization, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
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Man and Nature, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), management objective, management plan, management practice, management prescription, management programme, management science, management unit, management zone, management‐by‐objective, managerialism, mandible, manganese(Mn), manganese nodule, mangel, mangrove, mangrove forest, mangrove swamp, manifest system, man‐made disaster, mantle, manual separation, manufacturing, manure, maquis, marble, mare's‐tail cirrus(Ci), marginal abatement cost (MAC), marginal cost, marginal land, marginal value, mariculture…
maximum exposure limit (MEL), maximum permissible dose (MPD), maximum sustainable yield (MSY), maximum tolerated dose (MTD), MCI, McIntyre‐Stennis Act (1962), MCL, McMansion, McSweeney‐McNary Act (1928), MDC, meadow, Dennis Meadows Biography, mean annual runoff, mean annual temperature, mean daily temperature, mean low water, mean sea level, mean tide level, meander, measure, mechanical aeration, mechanical separation, mechanical site preparation, mechanical thinning, mechanical turbulence, mechanical weathering, media, medial moraine, median lethal dose…
meteor, Meteor 3M‐1, meteorite, meteorology, Meteosat, methane(CH4), methane recovery, methanol, methoxyfenozide, methyl bromide(CH3Br), methyl chloroform(CH3CCl3), methyl isocyanide(C2H3N), metric ton, metropolis, mica, micro‐, microbe, microbenthos, microbial, microbial contamination, microbial digestion, microbial growth, microbial pesticide, microbiology, microburst, microclimate, microcosm, microeconomics, microelement, microenvironment, microevolution, microfauna, microflora, microhabitat, microinvertebrate, micrometeorology, micrometre, micron, micronutrient, micro‐organism, microparasite, micropropagation…
mining refuse, mining spoil, mining waste, minor element, minor recreation facility, minority group, Miocene, mirage, 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…
m.y, morphological map, morphology, morphometry, morphostratigraphy, mortality, mosaic, moss, mossland, Mother Earth, mother lode, mother‐of‐pearl cloud, motile, mottling, mould, moulin, moult, Mount St Helens, mountain, mountain breeze, mountain chain, mountain glacier, mountain meteorology, mountain range, Mountain States Legal Foundation, mountain top removal, mountain wave, mountain wind system, Mountains of California, MPA, MPD, MSS, MSW, MSY, MTD, muck, mud, muddling through, mudflat…
National Forest, National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (NFLRMP), National Forest Management Act (1976), National Forest System, National Grassland, National Historic Preservation Act (1966), National Monument, National Nature Reserve (NNR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NOHSCP/NCP), National Park, National Park Service (NPS), National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act (1949), National Priorities List (NPL), national rank(N‐rank), National Recreation Area, National Register of Historic Places…
Nebraskan, necrophage, necrosis, necrotic, nectar, nectarivore, needs, negative charge, negative feedback, nekton, Gaylord Nelson Biography, nematode, neo‐classical economics, neo‐Darwinism, neoendemic, Neogene, neoglaciation, Neolithic, neo‐Malthusian, neon(Ne), neotenin, neoteny, Neotropical realm, neotropics, NEP, NEPA, neptunianism, neritic, NESHAPS, nest, nest box/structure, nest parasitism, nesting, nesting cover, net economic welfare, net energy yield, net migration, net present value (NPV), net primary production (NPP)…
no longer threatened species, no regrets policy, no till, noise, noise abatement, noise pollution, nomad, nomadism, nomenclature, Non‐Annex 1 Countries, Non‐Annex B Countries, non‐aqueous phase liquid (NAPL), non‐attainment area, non‐biodegradable, non‐combustible, non‐commercial cutting, non‐commercial vegetative treatment, non‐compliance, non‐compliance coal, non‐consumptive use, non‐consumptive value, non‐consumptive wildlife, non‐consumptive wildlife use, non‐conventional pollutant, non‐criteria pollutant, non‐ferrous metal, non‐forest land, non‐game species, non‐governmental organization (NGO), non‐hydric soil, non‐ionizing electromagnetic radiation, non‐market cost…
Arne Næss Biography, N‐rank, nudation, nuée ardente, nuisance bloom, nunatak, nuptial feeding, nurse tree, nursery, nursery area, 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…
oolitic limestone, ooze, opacity, opaque, opaque mineral, OPEC, open access system, open burning, open canopy forest, open cast mining, open dump, open forest, open range, open sea, open space, open space zoning, open system, open vegetation, opencut mining, open‐pit mining, operational research, opportunist species, opportunity cost, optimist, environmental, optimization, optimum, optimum land use, optimum yield, option, option value, orchard, orchard heater, order, ordinance, ordnance, Ordovician…
O‐horizon, over‐consumption, overstorey, overt release, overtopped, overturn, overturned fold, overwinter, oviparous, ox‐bow lake, oxidant, oxidation, oxidation pond, oxide, oxidize, oxidizer, oxidizing agent, oxisol, oxyfuel, oxygen (O), oxygen demand, oxygen depletion, oxygen isotope, oxygen isotope ratio, oxygen minimum layer, oxygen sag, oxygen solubility, oxygenated fuel, ozonation, ozonator, ozone(O3), ozone depleter, ozone depletion, ozone depletion potential (ODP), ozone hole, ozone layer, ozone monitoring…
paraquat, parasite, parasitism, parasitoid, parataxonomist, parent element, parent material, Pareto optimum, Parícutin, Paris green, park‐like structure, parthenogenesis, partial duration series, partial pressure, partial retention, participation, participation rate, participatory action research (PRA), participatory monitoring and evaluation (PME), participatory rural appraisal (PRA), participatory technology development (PTD), particle, particle size, particle‐size analysis, particulate, particulate filtration, particulate loading, particulate pollution, particulates, parts per billion (ppb), parts per million (ppm)…
periglacial, perihelion, period, periodic table, periphery, periphyton, permaculture, permafrost, permanent pasture, permanent retrievable storage, permanent water, permanent wildlife opening, permeability, permeable, Permian, permissible dose, permissible exposure limit (PEL), permit, peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), perpetual resource, persistence, persistence time, persistent, persistent organic pollutant (POP), persistent pesticide, person‐rem, PERT, perturbation, pervious, pessimist, environmental, pest, pest control, pesticide, pesticide persistence, pesticide resistance, pesticide tolerance, pesticide treadmill…
photo‐oxidant, photovoltaic energy, phragmites, phreatic, phreatic surface, phreatic zone, 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…
Pleistocene, Pleistogene, plesiobiosis, pleuston, Pliocene, plot, plough, plow, plucking, plugging, plume, pluton, plutonic, plutonium(Pu), pluvial, pluvial lake, pluvial period, PM, PM10, PME, PNA, PNC, pneumoconiosis, PNV, poach, poaching, pocosin, podsol, podsolization, poikilotherm, point bar, point of exposure, point source, poison, polar, polar air mass, polar climate, polar continental air mass, polar easterlies, polar front, polar front jet stream, polar high…
pond, pool, pool and riffle, POP, population, population at risk, Population Bomb, Population Connection, population crash, population density, population dose, population dynamics, population explosion, population genetics, population momentum, population policy, population projection, population pyramid, population viability analysis, pore space, porifera, porosity, porous, porphyritic, positive charge, positive feedback, possibly extinct, post, post‐closure, post‐consumer material, post‐consumer recycling, post‐consumer waste, post‐glacial, post‐industrial society, post‐materialism, post‐modern, post‐modernism, postulate…
pre‐commercial thinning, pre‐commitment period, pre‐cycling, pre‐existing use, pre‐glacial, pressure, pressure gradient, pressure group, pressure‐tube anemometer, pressurized water reactor (PWR), pre‐treatment, prevailing westerlies, prevailing wind, prevalence, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), prey, price elasticity, Price‐Anderson Act (1957), primary ambient air quality standards, primary consumer, Primary Drinking Water Regulation, primary economic activities, primary effect, primary energy, primary forest, primary market, primary metabolite, primary mineral, primary nutrient, primary pollutant, primary producer…
pro‐glacial, pro‐glacial lake, protandry, protected area, Protected Area Category Ia, Protected Area Category Ib, Protected Area Category II, protected area system, Protected Landscape or Seascape, protection, protective plant, protein, Proterozoic, protese inhibitor, protist, Protista, protocol, Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co‐operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (2000), Protoctista, protogyny, proton, protoplasm, protoplast, protozoa, proven reserve, provenance, province, provincial rank(S‐rank), provinciality effect, proximate cause, proximate factor…
RACM, RACT, rad, radar, radial drainage, 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…
rarity, rarity rank, ratification, rattan, ravine, raw humus, raw land, raw material, raw sewage, raw water, rawinsonde, RAWS, Rayleigh scattering, RCRA, reach, reaction, reactive waste, reactivity, reactor core, readiness, reaeration, reafforestation, reagent, realized niche, real‐time monitoring, reasonable maximum exposure (RME), reasonably anticipated future use (RAFU), reasonably available control measures (RACM), reasonably available control technology (RACT), rebound, REC, recalcitrant, recalcitrant seed, recarbonization, receiving water…
reformulated gasoline, refraction, refrigerant, refuge, refugee, refugium, refuse, refuse‐derived fuel, reg, regelation, regeneration, regeneration cut, regeneration harvest, regenerative farming, regime, regimen, region, regional climate, regional diversity, regional haze, regional metamorphism, regional plan, regional planning, Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Site (RIGS), regolith, regosolic soil, regression, regulated forest, regulated river, regulation, regulator, rehabilitate, rehabilitation, reintroduction, rejuvenation, relative abundance, relative age, relative atomic mass (RAM)…
residue, resilience, resin, resistance, resistor, resolution, resource, resource allocation, resource conservation, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (1976), resource depletion, resource management, resource management system (RMS), resource partitioning, resource plan, resource recovery, resource recovery facility, resource recovery system, Resource Reserve, resource scarcity, resource values, resource war, Resources for the Future, respiration, respiration rate, response action, rest, restitution, restoration, restoration cost, restoration ecology, restricted use area (RUA)…
R‐horizon, risk–benefit analysis, risk‐specific dose, Riss, river, river bank, river basin, river bed, river blindness, river capture, river channel, river diversion scheme, river equilibrium, river flow, river form, river network, river piracy, river regulation, river terrace, river valley, riverine, riverscape, RMCL, RME, RMS, RNA, road, roaded natural area, Roadless and Undeveloped Area, Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE), Roadless Area Review and Evaluation II (RARE II), roadway, ROC…
safe, Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (1974), safe water, safe yield, safety, 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…
scientific name, scientific notation, Scientific Reserve/Strict Nature Reserve, sciophilous, sclerite, Scope, scoping, scour, scrambler, scrap, scrap metal, scree, screening, scrub, scrub oak–mountain mahogany shrubland, scrubber, scrubbing, scyphozoa, SDWA, SEA, sea, sea breeze, sea defence wall, sea ice, sea level, sea level change, sea spray, sea‐bed, sea‐bed mining, sea‐floor spreading, seamount, search and rescue, seascape, season, seasonal, seasonal plant, seasonal polyphenism, seaward, seaweed…
seismic survey, seismic wave, seismograph, seismology, selection, selection pressure, selective breeding, selective cutting, selective pesticide, selective thinning, selenium(Se), self‐pollinated, self‐sufficient, seller, selva, semi‐arid, semi‐confined aquifer, semi‐improved grassland, semi‐natural habitat, semiochemical, semi‐permeable, semi‐primitive motorized area, semi‐primitive non‐motorized area, semi‐volatile organic compound (SVOC), senescence, sensible heat, sensible heat flux, sensible temperature, sensitive species, sensitivity, septic system, septic tank, sequential cropping, sequester, sequestration, sequoia, serac…
shopping centre, shopping mall, shore, shoreline, short term, short‐distance migration, shortgrass, shortgrass prairie, short‐range planning, short‐term cleanup, shortwave radiation, shower, shredding, shrink–swell clay, shrub, shrubbery, shrubland, SI, SI units and conversions, sial, sibling species, sick building syndrome (SBS), side effect, Sierra Club, significant effect, silage, Silent Spring, silica, silicate, siliceous, silicification, silicon(Si), silicon dioxide(SiO2), sill, silo, silt, siltation, siltstone…
small game, smallholding, smart growth, Smart Growth Network, smelter, smelting, Smith‐Lever Act (1914), smog, smoke, smokestack, Smokey the Bear, SMR, SMSA, smudge pot, SMZ, snag, snow, snow advisory, snow avalanche, snow cornice, snow density, snow flurry, snow line, snow melt, snow pellet, snow shower, snow squall, snowbank, snowdrift, snowfall, snowfield, snowflake, snowline, snowpack, snowstorm, soakaway, soap, social capital, social class, social construction of reality…
soil loss equation, soil map, 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, soiling index, solar activity, solar architecture, solar cell, solar collector, solar constant…
Special Protection Area (SPA), special risk group, special waste, specialist, speciation, species, Species 2000, species abundance, Species Action Plan, species at risk, species composition, species concept, species diversity, species diversity index, species extinction, species name, species of concern, species recovery plan, species richness, Species Statement, species survival plan, species turnover, species–area relationship, specific conductance, specific gravity, specific heat, specific humidity, specific yield, specimen, specophily, spectrum, spent fuel, spill…
St Elmo's fire, state of the environment report, state park, static equilibrium, stationary front, stationary source, statistic, statistical range, statistics, status unknown, statute, statutory, statutory agency, statutory law, steady state, steady‐state economy, steady‐state equilibrium, steam fog, Stefan–Boltzmann equation, stem, stemflow, steno‐, stenohaline, stenothermal, stenotopic, steppe, sterile, sterile male release, sterilization, stewardship, stewardship management, stochastic, stock, stock resource, Stockholm Conference, Stockholm Declaration, stocking density…
strike, strike‐slip fault, strip cropping, strip cutting, strip development, strip farming, strip mall, strip mining, Maurice Strong Biography, strophic balance, structure, Structure Plan, stubble, stubble mulch, stump, stumpage, stylet, stylops, subaerial, subarctic, subarctic climate, subatomic, sub‐bituminous coal, subclimax, subcommunity, subdivision, subduction, subduction zone, subgenus, subglacial, subglacial stream, subhumid climate, sublimation, sublittoral, sublittoral fringe, sublittoral zone, submarine, submarine canyon, submerged aquatic vegetation, subpolar and arctic climate zone…
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) (1986), Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE), Superfund Program, Superfund Trust Fund, superimposed river, superparasitism, superposition, principle of, supersaturated air, supersaturation, supersonic, supersonic transport, supplementarity, supplementary feed, supply, supply chain, supply schedule, suppressed, suppression, supraglacial, supraglacial stream, surf, surf zone, surface air temperature, surface current, surface drainage, surface fire, surface hoar, surface impoundment, surface inversion, surface layer, surface mining, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)…
S‐curve, S‐rank, S‐wave, systemic, systemic herbicide, 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…
theoretical, theory, thermal, thermal conductivity, thermal cover, thermal delay, thermal enrichment, thermal equilibrium, thermal expansion, thermal flux, thermal plume, thermal pollution, thermal radiation, thermal reactor, thermal stratification, thermal treatment, thermistor, thermocline, thermodynamics, thermodynamics, first law of, thermodynamics, second law of, thermograph, thermohaline, thermohaline circulation, thermokarst, thermometer, thermonuclear reaction, thermopause, thermosphere, thicket, think‐tank, thinning, thinning out, Third World, Thirty Percent Club, HenryDavid Thoreau Biography, thorium(Th)…
toluene, tombolo, TOMS, tonne, top carnivore, topographic map, topography, toposequence, topsoil, tor, Torino scale, Torino asteroid and comet impact hazard scale, tornado, tornado scale, tornado warning, tornado watch, torpor, torrent, Torrey Canyon, total dissolved solids (TDS), total economic value, total exchange capacity, total fertility rate, total growth rate, total maximum daily load (TMDL), Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), total quality management (TQM), total resource management, total solids, total suspended particles…
Trans‐Alaska Pipeline, trans‐basin diversion, trans‐boundary pollution, trans‐frontier pollution, transmutation, transnational corporation, transpiration, transplant, transport, transportation, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA‐21) (1998), transportation sector, transuranic waste(TRU), transverse dune, trash, trash‐to‐energy plan, travel corridor, travel cost method, travertine, trawl, treated wastewater, treatment, Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF), treaty, tree, tree cavity, tree dieback, tree farm, tree farming, tree line, tree ring, trellis drainage pattern…
turnover rate, tussock, TVOC, twilight, twilight zone, twiner, twister, type locality, typhoid fever, typhoon, typicalness, ubiquitous, Udall Scholarship, UK, UK Biodiversity Action Plan, UKMET, ultimate disposal, ultimate factor, Ultimate Resource, ultisol, ultrabasic, ultraclean coal, ultramafic, ultraplankton, ultrasheltered, ultraviolet (UV), umbrella species, UN, unacceptable risk, unavailable water, unbuffered, UNCBD, UNCCC, UNCCD, UNCED, UNCHE, UNCLOS, UNCOD, unconfined aquifer, unconformity, unconsolidated, uncontrolled fire…
unsaturated zone, 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)…
vernal, vernal equinox, vertebrate, vertical, vertical stratification, vertisol, very exposed, very sheltered, vesicle, vessel, vestigial, viability, viable, viable population, vicariance, vicariant, Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985), viewpoint, viewscape, viewshed, village, vineyard, vinyl chloride (VC), viral agent, virga, virgin forest, virgin material, virulence, virus, viscosity, viscous, visibility, Visibility Protection Program, visible light, visitor day, vista, visual blight, visual impact…
waste exchange, waste feed, waste generation, waste heat, waste heat recovery, waste load allocation, waste management, waste minimization, waste reclamation, waste reduction, waste site, waste stream, waste treatment, waste treatment lagoon, waste‐to‐energy facility, wastewater, wastewater reclamation, wastewater treatment, wastewater treatment plant, watch, water(H2O), water balance, water budget, water catchment, water chemistry, water column, water conservation, water consumption, water cycle, water equivalent, water filter, Water Framework Directive, water harvesting…
weather front, weather map, weather modification, weather side, weathering, Wedos, weed, weed control, weeding, weedkiller, Weeks Law (1911), weir, welfare, well, well field, well injection, well monitoring, well plug, wellhead, wellhead protection area, west, west‐coast desert climate zone, westerlies, wet deposition, wet meadow, wet prairie, wetland, wetland soil, whale, whaling, whirlwind, white frost, white water, white‐out, WHO, whole‐tree removal, wild, Wild and Scenic River Corridor…
WMO, wolf tree, wood, wood energy, woodland, woodlot, woodscape, woody perennial, work, World Bank, World Business Council for Sustainable Development(Wbcsd), World city, World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), World Conservation Strategy (WCS), World Conservation Union (IUCN), World Environment and Disaster Observation System(Wedos), World Environment Day, World Health Organization (WHO), world heritage, World Heritage Convention, World Heritage Fund, World Heritage List, World Heritage Site…
