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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Burning or rapid oxidation, accompanied by the release of energy in the form of heat and light. It is a basic cause of air pollution.
Industry:Environment
Improvement of environmental conditions in households that affect human health by means of drainage and disposal of sewage and refuse.
Industry:Environment
Large shallow pond in which raw water or sewage effluent is treated through the action of algae and bacteria. See also sewage lagoon.
Industry:Environment
Ability of plants and animals to withstand poor environmental conditions and/or attacks by chemicals or disease. See also homeostasis.
Industry:Environment
Index of water pollution measuring the mass concentration of oxygen consumed by the chemical breakdown of organic and inorganic matter.
Industry:Environment
Method of water quality management in which stored good-quality water is added to a stream during times of deteriorating water quality.
Industry:Environment
Science dealing with human settlements and involving research and experience in architecture, engineering, town planning and sociology.
Industry:Environment
Term frequently used in reference to global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. See also greenhouse effect.
Industry:Environment
Any form of precipitation (rain, snow, hail or fog) whose acidity has been increased through the uptake of acid pollutants from the air.
Industry:Environment
Chimney, that is, a vertical pipe or flue installed in buildings and factories to remove exhaust gases and suspended particulate matter.
Industry:Environment
