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- 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)
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