Encyclopedia > List of topics dealing with environmental issues
This is a page listing articles relating to debate and controversy over environmentalism and issues of concern to environmentalists. It is not a place for debate (that belongs in the talk pages of the linked articles). Environmentalism is activism aimed at improving the environment, particularly nature. ...
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Climate change
The term climate change is used to refer to changes in the Earths climate. ...
Global mean surface temperatures 1856-2004 Global warming is a term used to describe an increase over time of the average temperature of Earths atmosphere and oceans. ...
Global Mean Temperatures 1880-2005 Global warming is a term used to describe an increase over time of the average temperature of Earths atmosphere and oceans. ...
This article serves as a glossary of the most common terms and how they are used. ...
The greenhouse effect, first discovered by Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier in 1824, is the process by which an atmosphere warms a planet. ...
Increasing CO2 levels Greenhouse gases (GHG) are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess the risk of human-induced climate change. The Panel is open to all members of the WMO and UNEP. Its...
Kyoto Protocol Opened for signature December 11, 1997 at Kyoto, Japan Entered into force February 16, 2005. ...
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ...
Klaus Töpfer, UNEP Exec. ...
Ecology An ecological crisis occurs when the environment of a species or a population changes in a way that destablizes its continued survival. ...
Pollinator decline is based on observations made at the end of the twentieth century of the reduction in abundance of pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide. ...
Eutrophication is apparent as increased turbidity in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, imaged from orbit. ...
Waste Compost is the decomposed remnants of organic materials (those with plant and animal origins). ...
The term e-waste is applied to all waste from or caused by electronics, which is often toxic waste. ...
A garbage truck, known as a dustcart or dustbin wagon in the United Kingdom, is a truck specially designed to haul waste to landfills and other recycling / disposal facilities. ...
Greywater is wastewater generated by household processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing. ...
Incineration is the process of destroying something through fire. ...
A modern landfill operation. ...
Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. ...
A Russian fissile material storage facility Radioactive waste is waste material containing radioactive chemical elements that does not have a practical purpose. ...
The international symbol for recycling. ...
Sewage is domestic, municipal, or industrial liquid waste products. ...
Sewage treatment is the process that removes the majority of the contaminants from waste-water or sewage and produces both a liquid effluent suitable for disposal to the natural environment and a sludge. ...
Waste inside a Trash can Waste is unwanted or undesired material left over after the completion of a process. ...
Waste management is literally the process of managing waste materials (normally those produced as a result of human activities). ...
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