Environmental Sciences

A movement or theory that applies feminist principles and ideas to ecological issues. MORE

Movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. MORE

Any of the political parties established in various countries to oppose the destructive environmental effects of many modern technologies and the economic systems and institutions that drive them. MORE

International protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that was agreed at Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997. MORE

The process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. MORE

From International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
Often associated with religious and agricultural views and practices, stewardship covers a diverse range of related positions in regard to how humans ought to value and treat the environment. MORE

From Encyclopedia of Black Studies
Sustainable development: formally it is ‘development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. This should make us think about how we currently use our natural resources at the future expense of our children. MORE

Contamination of the air by noxious gases and minute particles of solid and liquid matter (particulates) in concentrations that endanger health. MORE

Contamination of water resources by harmful wastes; see also sewerage, water supply, pollution, and environmentalism. MORE

Human-created noise harmful to health or welfare. MORE

The radioactive and toxic by-products of the nuclear energy and nuclear weapons industries. MORE

Oil discharged from an ocean-going tanker, pipeline, or oil installation, often as a result of damage. MORE

Tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr. MORE

Precipitation in liquid form. MORE

Precipitation formed by the sublimation of water vapor into solid crystals at temperatures below freezing. MORE

Trembling or shaking movement of the earth's surface. Most earthquakes are minor tremors. MORE

Series of catastrophic ocean waves generated by submarine movements, which may be caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides beneath the ocean, or an asteroid striking the earth. Tsunamis are also called seismic sea waves or, popularly, tidal waves. MORE

Flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows. MORE

Dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. MORE

Vents or fissures in the earth's crust through which gases, molten rock, or lava , and solid fragments are discharged. MORE

Phenomenon of the Earth's atmosphere by which solar radiation, trapped by the Earth and re-emitted from the surface as long-wave infrared radiation, is prevented from escaping by various gases (the ‘greenhouse gases’) in the air. MORE

General term for the processes by which the surface of the earth is constantly being worn away. MORE