Environmental conservation

Environmental conservation

Terms related to protecting natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.

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coastal zone

Environment; Environmental conservation

Lands and waters adjacent to the coast that exert an influence on the uses of the sea and its ecology or whose uses and ecology are affected by the sea.

cohesion

Environment; Environmental conservation

A molecular attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass whether like or unlike. Compare adhesion.

cold vapor

Environment; Environmental conservation

Method to test water for the presence of mercury.

coliform bacteria

Environment; Environmental conservation

A group of bacteria that mostly inhabits the intestinal tract of humans and animals, but also found in soil. While harmless in themselves, coliform bacteria are used as indicators of the possible ...

collection site

Environment; Environmental conservation

A stream, lake, reservoir, or other body of water fed by water drained from a watershed.

A borehole log made by lowering two current electrodes into the borehole and measuring the resistivity between two additional electrodes. It measures the electrical resistivity of the formation and ...

respiration

Environment; Environmental conservation

A biochemical process by which living organisms take up oxygen from the environment and consume organic matter, releasing both carbon dioxide and heat. In plants, the organic matter in photosynthate ...