Home > Industry/Domain > Environment
Environment
Issues related to the circumstances or condition of the earth's natural surroundings.
9Categories 46865Terms
Add a new termContributors in Environment
Environment > Pollution 
water pollution
Environment; Pollution
/It/ --- happens when toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the ...
Under the Dome
Environment; Pollution
Under the Dome is a feature-length documentary about China's notorious air pollution problem — a topic close to Chinese hearts and a political headache for the country's decision ...
carbon accounting
Environment; Pollution
Refers to the process of assessing the green house gas emissions for which a company is directly or indirectly responsible with the end goal of lowering the reported amount. The ...
nitrogen removal by biological assimilation
Environment; Pollution
Nitrogen removal by biological assimilation is based on "the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the ...
heterotrophic organism
Environment; Pollution
"An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. All animals, ...
organic nitrogen
Environment; Pollution
"Organic nitrogen may be in the form of a living organism, humus or in the intermediate products of organic matter decomposition."
30 minute settling test
Environment; Pollution
A sample of mixed liquor is taken as it exits the aeration tank. It is mixed, and then allowed to settle for 30 minutes in a 1000 mL beaker or cylinder. This test shows the sludge ...
Sub-categories
- Biodiversity (2834)
- Environment statistics (18270)
- Environmental conservation (14127)
- Environmental policy (4979)
- Filter (86)
- Land preservation (469)
- Pollution (2318)
- Radiation hazards (3625)
- Waste management (1217)