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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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isopycnic
Environment; Environmental conservation
A line on a chart that connects all points of equal or constant density.
isostatic adjustment (isostatic compensation)
Environment; Environmental conservation
The process whereby lateral transport at the Earth's surface from erosion or deposition is compensated for by movements in a subcrustal layer to maintain equilibrium among units of varying masses and ...
isotherm
Environment; Environmental conservation
A line on a chart that connects all points of equal or constant temperature.
isotope
Environment; Environmental conservation
One of two or more atoms that have the same atomic number (i.e. the same number of protons in their nuclei) but have different mass numbers.
isotropy
Environment; Environmental conservation
The condition in which hydraulic properties of the aquifer are equal in all directions.
jacob straight-line method
Environment; Environmental conservation
A graphical method using semilogarithmic paper and the Theis equation for evaluating the results of a pumping test. Well all that bull for u and me both hard headed can we stop now and fix this ...
jet stream
Environment; Environmental conservation
A long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly direction and often exceeding a speed of 250 miles per hour.
