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- 12:17, 10 March 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . Zoonosis (current)
- 15:18, 1 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . Entrepreneur (current)
- 19:02, 27 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . N Salad (Created page with "A single food or a mixture of foods accompanied or bound by a dressing can contain meat, grains, fruits, nuts or cheese; may contain no lettuce at all. Category:Nutrition,...") (current)
- 20:37, 10 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . Potency (current)
- 20:36, 10 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . N Antagonists (Created page with "Drugs that inhibit or block the responses of agonists. Category:Pharmacology") (current)
- 20:35, 10 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Agonists (Created page with "Drugs capable of binding with receptors and causing a cellular response; these are facilitators of cellular action. Category:Pharmacology") (current)
- 16:23, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Parenteral administration (Created page with "Refers to dispensing medication by routes other than oral or topical, such as by injection. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 15:28, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+218) . . N Prototype drug (Created page with "The original drug model from which other medications in a pharmacological class have been developed. For example, Penicillin V is the prototype for other drugs in the penicill...") (current)
- 15:21, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+48) . . N Pharmaceutics (Created page with "The science of pharmacy. Category:Medicine")
- 15:18, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . Pharmacology (current)
- 19:07, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+93) . . N Spillover effect (Created page with "Protected species spread outside reserve. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:05, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N Marine reserves (Created page with "Areas where fishing is prohibited. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:05, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Marine protected areas (MPAs) (Created page with "Established along the coastlines of developed countries. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:04, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+67) . . N Aquaculture (Created page with "Farm fisheries. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:03, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . Maximum sustainable yield (current)
- 19:00, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N By-catch (Created page with "The accidental capture of animals. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:00, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Bottom-trawling (Created page with "Use for pelagic fish and groundfish. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:59, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Longline (Created page with "Fishing for tuna and swordfish. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:58, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Driftnets (Created page with "Use for schools of herring, sardines, mackerel, sharks. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:56, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Red tide (Created page with "Blooms of algal species that produce reddish pigments and discolor water. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:55, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Algal blooms (Created page with "Nutrients increase populations of algae that produce powerful toxins. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:53, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . N Methane hydrate (Created page with "A potential energy source. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:52, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Estuaries (Created page with "Water bodies where rivers flow into the ocean that wide fluctuations in salinity. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:50, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Mangroves (Created page with "Trees with unique roots that curve up for oxygen and curve down for support. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:49, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . Salt marsh (current)
- 18:48, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Tides (Created page with "Periodic rising and falling of the ocean’s height due to the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:47, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Intertidal (littoral) ecosystems (Created page with "Where the ocean meets the land. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:43, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+94) . . N Coral bleaching (Created page with "Occurs when zooxanthellae leave the coral. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:42, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Corals (Created page with "Tiny colonial marine organisms. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:42, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . Coral reef (current)
- 18:41, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Kelp (Created page with "Large, dense, brown algae growing from the floor of continental shelves. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:30, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . Benthic (current)
- 17:29, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+134) . . Pelagic (current)
- 17:28, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . Photic zone (current)
- 17:25, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . Gyre (current)
- 17:24, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Thermohaline circulation (Created page with "Global oceanic circulation system of upwelling and downwelling currents. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:23, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Downwelling (Created page with "In the ocean, oxygen-rich water sinks where surface currents come together. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:22, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . Upwelling (current)
- 17:21, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+73) . . N Deep Zone (Created page with "Below the pycnocline. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:20, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+75) . . N Pycnocline (Created page with "Below the surface zone. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:20, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Halocline (Created page with "Salinity changes with increasing depth. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:19, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . Thermocline (current)
- 17:15, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . N Abyssal plain (Created page with "Flat bottom of the deep ocean. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:14, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+102) . . N Continental slope (Created page with "Connects the continental shelf to the ocean floor. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:14, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Continental shelves (Created page with "Gently sloping areas that underlie the shallow waters bordering continents. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:13, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . Topography (current)
- 17:12, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . Bathymetry (current)
- 17:11, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Oceanography (Created page with "Scientific study of the physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of the oceans. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:36, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Exclusive Economic Zone (Created page with "Legal right to waters 200 nautical miles from shore. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:35, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . N Groundfish (Created page with "Fish that live or feed along the bottom. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:36, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Sick building syndrome (Created page with "A sickness produced by indoor pollution with general and nonspecific symptoms Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology.") (current)
- 22:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N VOCs (Created page with "Volatile organic compounds that are released by everything from plastics and oils to perfumes and paints in very small amounts. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biolo...") (current)
- 22:33, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Ozone hole (Created page with "Ozone levels over Antarctica had declined by 40-60% . Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs (Created page with "Chemicals that attack ozone. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Ozone layer (Created page with "Ozone in the lower stratosphere. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:30, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Atmospheric deposition (Created page with "The wet or dry deposition on land of pollutants. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:29, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . Acid rain (current)
- 22:29, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Acidic deposition (Created page with "The deposition of acid, or acid-forming pollutants, from the atmosphere onto Earth’s surface. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:24, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Industrial (gray air) smog (Created page with "Industries burn coal or oil. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:23, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Smog (Created page with "Unhealthy mixtures of air pollutants over urban areas. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:18, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . Scrubbers (current)
- 22:17, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N Toxic air pollutants (Created page with "Broad category of “other” pollutants as being harmful or toxic. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:17, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . N Heavy metals (Created page with "Can be transported by air, water, and food supply, and can reside in the sediment for long periods of time. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:16, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . N Persistent organic pollutants (Created page with "Can last in the environment for long periods of time, they are volatile (evaporate readily). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:15, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N Criteria air contaminants (Created page with "Pollutants judged to pose especially great threats to human health, produced by a number of processes (burning of fossil fuels). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biolo...") (current)
- 22:11, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+187) . . N Secondary Pollutants (Created page with "Form when primary pollutants interact or react with constituents or components of the atmosphere (tropospheric ozone and sulfuric acid). Category: Environmental & Conservati...") (current)
- 22:10, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Primary Pollutants (Created page with "Directly harmful and can react to form harmful substances (soot and carbon dioxide). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:10, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Nonpoint Sources (Created page with "More diffuse, consisting of many small sources (automobiles). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:09, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N Point Sources (Created page with "Specific spots where large quantities of pollutants are discharged (power plants and factories). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:09, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Burning vegetation (Created page with "Pollutes atmosphere with soot and gases. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:07, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . Aerosols (current)
- 22:06, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Volcanic eruptions (Created page with "Release large quantities of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide & other gases. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:05, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . N Dust storms (Created page with "Hundreds of millions of tons of dust are blown westward across the Atlantic Ocean by trade winds every year. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:04, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . N Outdoor (ambient) air pollution (Created page with "Pollution outside. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:04, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . N Air pollution (Created page with "The release of pollutants. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:03, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Air pollutant (Created page with "Gases and particulate material added to the atmosphere. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:58, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Westerlies (Created page with "Originate from the west and blow east from 30 to 60 degrees latitude. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:57, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Trade winds (Created page with "Between the equator and 30 degrees latitude. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:57, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . N Doldrums (Created page with "Near the equator. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:56, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+156) . . Coriolis effect (current)
- 20:55, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Ferrel cells and polar cells (Created page with "Convective cells that lift air and create precipitation at 60 degrees latitude north and south. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:54, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Hadley cells (Created page with "A pair of convective air currents near the equator where surface air warms, rises, and expands. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:52, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Inversion layer (Created page with "The band of air in which temperature rises with altitude. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:51, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Thermal inversion (Created page with "A layer of cool air occurs beneath a layer of warmer air. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:51, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . N Low-pressure system (Created page with "Air moves toward the low atmospheric pressure at the center of the system and spirals upward. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N High-pressure system (Created page with "Air that moves away from a center of high pressure as it descends. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:49, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+119) . . N Cold Front (Created page with "The boundary where colder, drier air displaces warmer, moister air. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Warm Front (Created page with "The boundary where warm moist air replaces colder, drier air. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Front (Created page with "The boundary between air masses that differ in temperature, moisture, and density. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:47, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . Climate (current)
- 20:46, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . Weather (current)
- 20:45, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . N Convective circulation (Created page with "Less dense, warmer air rises and creates vertical currents. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:43, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+141) . . Microclimate (current)
- 20:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+170) . . Relative humidity (current)
- 20:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . Atmospheric pressure (current)
- 20:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . Thermosphere (current)
- 20:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . Mesosphere (current)
- 20:38, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . Stratosphere (current)
- 20:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . N Tropopause (Created page with "Limits mixing between troposphere and the layer above it. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:36, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . Troposphere (current)
- 20:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Atmosphere (current)
- 19:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Carbon footprint (Created page with "Expresses the amount of carbon we are responsible for emitting. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N Carbon-neutrality (Created page with "No net carbon is emitted. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:49, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+206) . . N Carbon offset (Created page with "A voluntary payment to another entity intended to enable that entity to reduce the greenhouse emissions that one is unable or unwilling to reduce oneself. Category: Environ...") (current)
- 19:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+185) . . N UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) (Created page with "Outlines a plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 through a voluntary, nation-by-nation approach. Category: Environmental & Conservation...") (current)
- 19:46, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Carbon capture and storage (Created page with "Remove CO2 from power plant emissions. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:43, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Intervention (Created page with "Set of possible large-scale technological modifications to the global climate system. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . Adaptation (current)
- 19:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . N Mitigation (Created page with "Pursue actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to lessen severity of future climate change. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N RCP (Created page with "Representative concentration pathways. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:26, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . Permafrost (current)
- 17:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Atmospheric blocking pattern (Created page with "Loops of polar jet stream get block into one position for a long period. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+168) . . N Trend (Created page with "A pattern that persists within a data set, even after short-term fluctuations and anomalies have been accounted for. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Fractionation (Created page with "Separation and differential concentration of isotopes of slightly different mass. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:28, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Stable isotope geochemistry (Created page with "Studying stable isotopes of elements. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:22, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Proxy indicators (Created page with "Types of indirect evidence that serve as substitutes for direct measurements. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . N Ocean circulation (Created page with "Ocean water exchanges tremendous amounts of heat with the atmosphere, and ocean currents move energy from place to place. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Ocean absorption (Created page with "The ocean holds 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs it from the atmosphere (acts as a sink). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+5) . . Solar output (current)
- 14:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Solar output (Created page with "Drives temperature change on Earth’s surface. drives temperature change on Earth’s surface")
- 14:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Milankovitch cycles (Created page with "Periodic changes in Earth’s rotation and orbit around the Sun. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . N Radiative forcing (Created page with "The amount of change in energy that a given factor causes. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Aerosols (Created page with "Microscopic droplets and particles that have either a warming or cooling effect. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology")
- 14:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Water vapor (Created page with "The most abundant greenhouse gas and contributes most to the greenhouse effect. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:16, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Sinks (Created page with "Reservoirs that accept more of the material than they release such as ocean. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:15, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+140) . . N Global warming potential (Created page with "The relative ability of one molecule of a given greenhouse gas to contribute to warming. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:14, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . Greenhouse effect (current)
- 19:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+229) . . N Greenhouse gases (Created page with "Atmospheric gases that absorb infrared radiation (radiatively active gases). For example, water vapor, ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs...") (current)
- 19:11, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . Albedo (current)
- 19:11, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Global warming (current)
- 19:10, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Global climate change (Created page with "Describes trends and variations in Earth’s climate such as temperature, precipitation, storm frequency. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:09, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . Weather
- 19:08, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . Climate
- 12:41, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Cogeneration (Created page with "Excess heat produced during electrical generation is used to heat buildings and produce other types of power. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:40, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . N Energy conservation (Created page with "The practice of reducing energy use to extend the life of our nonrenewable energy supplies, be less wasteful and reduce environmental impact. Category: Environmental & Cons...") (current)
- 12:33, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Sequestration (Created page with "Storage of materials in geologic reservoirs on a long timescale. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:30, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N Methane hydrate (methane ice) (Created page with "Molecules of methane in a crystal lattice of water ice molecules. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:30, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+251) . . N Oil shale (Created page with "Sedimentary rock filled with kerogen (organic matter) that can be processed to produce liquid petroleum. It can be burned like coal or baked in hydrogen (called prylosis) to p...") (current)
- 12:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Hubbard’s peak (Created page with "Geologist M. King Hubbard predicted that U.S. oil production would peak around 1970. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N Reserves-to-production ratio (R/P ratio) (Created page with "The amount of total remaining reserves divided by the annual rate of production (extraction and processing). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 11:57, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . N Secondary extraction (Created page with "Solvents, water, or stream is used to remove additional oil; expensive. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 11:57, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+102) . . N Primary extraction (Created page with "The initial drilling and pumping of available oil. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 11:56, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N Exploratory drilling (Created page with "Small, deep holes to determine whether extraction should be done. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:37, 20 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+63) . . N Power function (Created page with "The independent variable is the base. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 14:36, 20 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Exponential function (Created page with "Is one in which the independent variable appears in the exponent. The quantity that is raised to the power is called the base. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 22:33, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . Crude oil (current)
- 22:31, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Coalbed methane (Created page with "Methane from coal seams, leaks to the atmosphere during mining. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:30, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . N Thermogenic gas (Created page with "Results from compression and heat deep underground. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:30, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Biogenic gas (Created page with "Created at shallow depths by bacterial anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:29, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . N Liquefied natural gas (LNG) (Created page with "Liquid gas that can be shipped long distances in refrigerated tankers. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:27, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . Strip mining (current)
- 22:26, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Subsurface mining (Created page with "Underground deposits are reached by digging networks of tunnels deep underground. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:24, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . Peat (current)
- 22:23, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+182) . . Coal (current)
- 22:03, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Kerogen (Created page with "Oil precursor that geothermal heating acts on to produce various fossil fuels. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:02, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N Energy returned on investment (EROI) (Created page with "Energy returned/energy invested. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology")
- 22:02, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Net energy (Created page with "The difference between energy returned and energy invested. Net energy = energy returned – energy invested Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 21:55, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Electricity (Created page with "A secondary form of energy that is easier to transfer and apply to a variety of uses. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 21:54, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+145) . . Fossil fuels (current)
- 21:53, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+183) . . N Nonrenewable energy (Created page with "At our current rates of consumption we will use up Earth’s accessible store of these sources in a matter of decades to centuries. Category: Environmental & Conservation B...") (current)
- 21:52, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Renewable energy (Created page with "Supplies of energy will not be depleted by our use such as sunlight, geothermal energy, and tidal energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:01, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . N Electrolysis (Created page with "Electricity is input to split hydrogen atoms from the oxygen atoms of water molecules and produces pure hydrogen. 2H2O -----> 2H2 + O2 Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 19:59, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+64) . . N Fuel cell (Created page with "Utilize chemical energy like batteries. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 19:58, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N OTEC (Created page with "Ocean thermal energy conversion. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 15:54, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Wind turbines (Created page with "Devices that harness power from wind. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 15:53, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Wind energy (Created page with "Energy derived from moving air masses (an indirect form of solar energy). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:14, 9 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+213) . . N Causality (Created page with "A concept more applicable to the hard sciences. Does the appearance of X cause effect Y? In a perfect relationship, the appearance of X would always cause the effect Y each an...") (current)
- 16:46, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N Net metering (Created page with "PV owners can sell excess electricity to their local power utility. Category: Physics") (current)
- 16:45, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Photovoltaic (photoelectric) effect (Created page with "Occurs when light strikes one of a pair of metal plates in a PV cell, causing the release of electrons, creating an electric current. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:45, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Photovoltaic (PV) cells (Created page with "Collect sunlight and convert it into electrical energy. These are used with wind turbines and diesel engines. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:43, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Solarwall (Created page with "Combination of active and passive technologies. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:43, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N Power tower (Created page with "Mirrors concentrate sunlight onto receivers to create electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:41, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . N Flat plate solar collectors (solar panels) (Created page with "One active method for harnessing solar energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:40, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Active solar energy collection (Created page with "Uses technology to focus, move, or store solar energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:39, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Thermal mass (Created page with "Construction materials that absorb, store, and release heat. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:39, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Passive solar energy (Created page with "The most common way to harness solar energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:37, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Co-firing (Created page with "Biomass combined with coal. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:34, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Biodiesel (Created page with "Biofuel for diesel engines produced from vegetable oils (canola). Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:33, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+42) . . N Flexible fuel vehicles (Created page with "Run on 85% ethanol. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:33, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . Ethanol (current)
- 16:32, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Biopower (Created page with "Produced when biomass sources are burned in power plants, generating heat and electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:31, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Biofuels (Created page with "Biomass sources converted into fuels to power vehicles. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:26, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Biomass (current)
- 16:26, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . Biomass
- 16:25, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+188) . . Nuclear fusion (current)
- 15:06, 6 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Proportion (Created page with "An equation with two equivalent ratios representing the same value. For example, 8/24 = 4/12 = 1/3. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 14:23, 6 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . Ratio (current)
- 14:14, 6 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+279) . . N Ratio (Created page with "1. A ratio compares two values. It shows you that when you have this much of something, you will need to have that much of something else. 2. A comparison of two numbers by d...")
- 00:48, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+221) . . N Meltdown (Created page with "Coolant water drained from the reactor vessel, temperatures rose inside the reactor core, and metal surrounding the uranium fuel rods began to melt, releasing radiation. Ca...") (current)
- 00:46, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+152) . . N Radioisotopes (Created page with "Emit subatomic particles and high-energy radiation as they decay into lighter radioisotopes, ultimately becoming stable isotopes. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 00:45, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Nuclear fuel cycle (Created page with "The process when naturally occurring uranium is mined from underground deposits. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 00:45, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N Nuclear reactors (Created page with "Facilities within nuclear power plants. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 00:43, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Nuclear fission (Created page with "The splitting apart of atomic nuclei. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 00:42, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+135) . . N Nuclear energy (Created page with "The energy that holds together protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:37, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Run-of-river (diversion) approach (Created page with "Generates energy without greatly disrupting the flow of river water. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:36, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . N Reservoir/Storage/Impoundment approach (Created page with "Harness energy by storing water in reservoirs behind dams. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:35, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Hydroelectric power (or hydropower) (Created page with "Uses the kinetic energy of moving water to turn turbines and generate electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:43, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . Reserve (current)
- 16:41, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Artisanal mining (Created page with "Small-scale illegal mining that is dangerous and environmentally damaging. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:36, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Post-operational management, reclamation, and restoration (Created page with "A type of mining that follows closure of mine. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:36, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Smelting and refining (Created page with "A type of mining in which gases emissions which contribute to acid deposition. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:35, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . N Mining and milling (Created page with "A type of mining that has the most negative impact, acid mine drainage (type of effluent), forms leachate, tailings. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:33, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Exploration (Created page with "A type of mining that has the least impact, but may disturb wildlife and construction can be damaging. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:32, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Quarries (Created page with "Open pits for clay, gravel, sand, stone (limestone, granite, marble, slate). Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:31, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Mountaintop removal (Created page with "A hundred of more vertical metres of a mountaintop is removed. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:27, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Overburden (Created page with "Overlying soil and rock that is removed by heavy machinery. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:27, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Strip mining (Created page with "Layers of soil and rock are removed to expose the resource. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 16:26, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Solution mining (in-situ recovery) (Created page with "Resources in a deep deposit are dissolved in a liquid and siphoned out. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:24, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . N Tailings (Created page with "Ore left over after metals have been extracted. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:23, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Smelting (Created page with "Heating ore beyond its melting point then combining it with other metals or chemicals. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:18, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Gangue (Created page with "Waste rock and nonvaluable minerals. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:18, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . N Metal (Created page with "Type of chemical element that typically is shiny, opaque, and malleable, and conduct heat and electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:17, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+163) . . N Mining (Created page with "Systemic removal of rock, soil, or other material for the purpose of extracting minerals of economic interest. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:16, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Mineral (current)
- 16:16, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+217) . . Mineral
- 16:15, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . Rock (current)
- 23:20, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Brownfields (Created page with "Sites that have been contaminated but have the potential to be cleaned up and remediated. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:20, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+189) . . N Multiple-barrier approach (Created page with "Engineering the facility to place as many barriers as possible, both physical and chemical, in the pathway of any escaping contaminants. Category: Environmental & Conservat...") (current)
- 23:19, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . N Geologic isolation (Created page with "Using the absorptive capacity and impermeability of naturally occurring rock to block contaminants. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:19, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Radioactive waste (Created page with "Giving off energetic particles and radiation in the process of spontaneous radioactive decay. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:18, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Deep-well injection (Created page with "A well is drilled deep beneath the water table and waste is injected into it. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:17, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Surface impoundments (Created page with "Store liquid hazardous waste. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:13, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+276) . . N Electronic waste (e-waste) (Created page with "Waste involving electronic devices such as computers, printers, VCRs, fax machines, cell phones. They are disposed of in landfills, but should be treated as hazardous waste (6...") (current)
- 23:11, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N Toxic (Created page with "Substances that harm human health when they are inhaled, are ingested, or contact human skin. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:11, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+182) . . N Reactive (Created page with "Substances that are chemically unstable and readily react with other compounds, often explosively or by producing noxious fumes. Category: Environmental & Conservations Bi...") (current)
- 23:10, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Corrosive (Created page with "Substances that corrode metals in storage tanks or equipment. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:09, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Flammable (Created page with "Substances that easily catch fire. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:08, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+195) . . N Waste exchange (Created page with "A network service with the goal of linking producers of waste with industries or individuals that can make use of the waste as raw materials. Category: Environmental & Con...") (current)
- 23:05, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Pollution prevention (P2) strategies (Created page with "Aimed at reducing waste and preventing pollution at its source. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:05, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Life cycle analysis (Created page with "Examine the life cycle of a product and look for ways to make the process more ecologically efficient. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:04, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+186) . . N Industrial ecology (Created page with "Redesigning industrial systems to reduce resource inputs and to minimize physical inefficiency while maximizing economic efficiency. Category: Environmental & Conservation...") (current)
- 18:44, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . N Industrial waste (Created page with "Waste from factories, mining, agriculture, petroleum extraction, etc. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 15:02, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+244) . . N Return-for-refund (Created page with "Consumers pay a deposit, and receive a refund for returning used bottles in all provinces and territories in Canada except for Nunavut which lead to greatly reduced beverage c...") (current)
- 15:00, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Pay-as-you-throw (Created page with "Uses financial incentives to influence consumer behaviour. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:59, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . Composting (current)
- 14:58, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+237) . . N Source reduction (Created page with "Preventing waste generation in the first place to helps conserve resources, minimizes pollution, avoids costs of disposal and recycling as well as save consumers and businesse...") (current)
- 14:55, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+170) . . N Landfill gas (Created page with "A mix of gases that consists of roughly half methane in which can be collected, processed, and used like natural gas. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:54, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+184) . . N Waste-to-energy facilities (WTE) (Created page with "Use the heat produced by waste combustion to create electricity. Waste generates about 35% of the energy generated by burning coal. Category: Environmental & Conservations...") (current)
- 14:52, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+72) . . N Baghouse (Created page with "System of filters. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:52, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . N Scrubbers (Created page with "Chemically treat the gases produced in combustion to remove hazardous components and neutralize acidic gases. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 14:51, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+207) . . N Incineration (Created page with "A controlled process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures where the remaining ash must be disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill. Category: Environ...") (current)
- 14:50, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Decommissioning (Created page with "Shutting down an industrial site and getting it ready for cleanup and repurposing. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:49, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Leachate (Created page with "Liquid that results when trash dissolves in water as rainwater percolates downward. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:48, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N Sanitary landfills (Created page with "Waste buried in the ground or piled in large, engineered mounds. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:37, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Composting (Created page with "Recovery of organic waste. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 14:36, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . Recycling (current)
- 14:35, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Recovery (Created page with "Next best strategy in waste management (recycling, composting). Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:34, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Waste stream (Created page with "Flow of waste as it moves from its sources toward disposal destinations. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:33, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Wastewater (current)
- 14:33, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . Wastewater
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