Glossary // Alphabetical

Alphabetically // By Unit

A: acid rain; atmospheric (adiabatic) lapse rate; adsorption; aerosols; albedo; ambient; anaerobic; angular momentum; anthropogenic; aquifers; aragonite; archaea; artesian
B: bacteria; base load power; bioaccumulation; biodiesel; biofuel; biological pump; biomes; blooms; breeder reactor; British thermal unit (Btu); buoyancy; buoyant
C: Cambrian explosion; carbon monoxide; carrying capacity; case-control study; catchment area; cation; chlorofluorocarbons; clathrates; carbon dioxide fertilization; coevolution; cohort study; compensation depth; compensation zone; competitive exclusion principle; contingent valuation; convection; convergence; coral bleaching; Coriolis force; cyanobacteria
D: deforestation; delivered dose; demographic convergence; demographic dividend; demographic transition; denitrification; dependency ratio; dew point; discharges; dry adiabatic lapse rate; dynamic balance
E: ecosystem; edge effect; effluent; Ekman transport; El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO); endemic; endocrine disruptors; epidemiology; estuaries; ethanol; eukaryotes; extremophiles
F: fast breeder; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; fecundity; feedback; fertility; Fischer-Tropsch process; fissile; flow; foraminifera; Framework Convention on Climatic Change; freshwater; fuel cells; fundamental niche
G: gasification; geochemical cycling; geostrophic flow; geothermal gradient; global warming potential; greenhouse gases; gross primary productivity (GPP); groundwater; gyre
H: habitat fragmentation; Hadley circulation; harvest index; hedonic valuation; heterotrophs; hotspots; hydrates; hydraulic head; hydrocarbons; hydrocarbon system; hydroxyl radical; hypoxic
I: inflow; integrated pest management (IPM); invasive species; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); isobars
J: jet stream
K: K-selected; keystone species; Kyoto Protocol
L: latent energy; latitudinal biodiversity gradient; life expectancy; life history strategy
M: marine snow; methane hydrates; migration; mimicry; moist adiabatic lapse rate; monoculture; Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer; mortality; mutualistic
N: National Ambient Air Quality Standards; natural fires; negative feedback; net primary productivity (NPP); niche partitioning; nitrogen fixing; nitrogen oxides; nonattainment areas; nonpoint source; non-aqueous phased liquids (NAPL); non-renewable resource; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); no observable adverse effects level (NOAEL)
O: oil shale; ore; organic agriculture/farming; organochlorines; overburden; oxidation; ozone
P: Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO); paleoclimate; particulate matter (PM); partition; pathogen; pelagic; permafrost; permeability; photolysis; photosynthesis; photovoltaic; phylum; phytoplankton; plate tectonics; point source; population momentum; porosity; Precautionary Principle; primary air pollutants; primary producers; prokaryotes
R: radical; radiocarbon dating; radiometric dating; realized niche; recharge; recruitment; reference dose; relative humidity; renewable resources; replacement level; residence time; respiration; respiration of organic matter in natural ecosystems; risk analysis; risk assessment; risk management; ruminant; r-selected
S: scleractinian corals; secondary air pollutants; selective breeding; sinks; smog; Snowball Earth; sorption; source rock; speciation; species richness; species-years; specific heat capacity; stock; stomata; stratigraphic record; subduction; succession; sulfur dioxide
T: tar sands; thermal maturation; thermocline; thermohaline circulation; total maximum daily load; transpiration; trophic cascades; trophic level
U: upwelling; uranium enrichment
V: vadose zone; volatile organic compounds
W: Walker circulation; watershed
Z: zooplankton; zooxanthellae

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