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emission inventory
Environment; Pollution
An estimate of the amount of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere from major mobile, stationary, area-wide and natural source categories over a specific period of time such as a day or a year. For ...
Beijing cough
Environment; Pollution
Beijing cough is a respiratory illness that many expats and overseas visitors experience while staying in Beijing or other Chinese cities. Symptoms often include itchy throat and persistent dry ...
accuracy
Environment; Pollution
A quantitative measure of the magnitude of error (how close the results of a measurement are to an accepted reference value): the correctness of an analysis system. Accuracy includes both precision ...
air toxic
Environment; Pollution
Any air pollutant for which a national ambient air quality standard does not exist (i.e., excluding ozone, carbon monoxide, PM10, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide) that may reasonably be ...
inhale-exhale differential (IED)
Environment; Pollution
A measure of pollution defined by the amount of particulates exhaled minus the amount of particulates inhaled by the same person. A positive reading indicates good air quality and a negative reading ...
Red List
Environment; Pollution
The list of endangered species known as Red List. This listing plants & animals that are facing the threat of extinction worldwide. This list revised every 2 years. So to say, one fourth of all ...
Ecological niche
Environment; Pollution
The ecological niche describes a way of living that provides a species with adequate nutrition, an optimum environment and as few enemies as possible. For instance, several different species of water ...
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