Environmental Science Articles

• Air Pollution
  Air Quality
  Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
  Sports Science
   
  

  Smog

  Smog is a kind of air pollution, originally named for the mixture of smoke and fog in the air. Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area and is caused by a mixture of smoke ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Landfill

  Landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land. Most modern landfills require a minimum of one containment ... > more
• Water
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Water pollution

  Water pollution is a large set of adverse effects upon water bodies (lakes, rivers, oceans, groundwater) caused by human activities. Although natural phenomena such as volcanoes, storms, earthquakes ... > more
• Air Pollution
  Air Quality
  Atmosphere
  Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Inversion (meteorology)

  A temperature inversion is a meteorological phenomenon in which air temperature increases with height for some distance above the ground, as opposed to the normal decrease in temperature with height. ... > more
• Acid Rain
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Air Quality
  Soil Types
  Forest
   
  

  Acid rain

  Acid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH that is unusually low. Dissolved carbon dioxide dissociates to form weak carbonic acid giving a pH of approximately 5.6 at typical ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
  Energy and the Environment
  Environmental Issues
  Renewable Energy
   
  

  Waste management

  Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal of waste materials, usually ones produced by human activity, in an effort to reduce their effect on human health or local ... > more
• Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Pollution

  Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants, generally resulting from human activity. Carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides produced by industry and motor ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Electricity
  Solar Energy
  Wind Energy
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Power station

  A power station or power plant is a facility for the generation of electric power. At the centre of nearly all power stations is a generator, a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy into ... > more
• Sustainability
  Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Organic
  Energy and the Environment
  Ecology
   

  Sustainable agriculture

  Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Forest
  Environmental Science
  Oil Spills
  Ecology
   
  

  Smoulder

  Smouldering (or smoldering in American spelling) combustion is a flameless form of combustion, deriving its heat from oxidations occurring on the surface of a solid fuel. Common examples are the ... > more

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