Environmental terminology

mode of human development that meets current demands without compromising the needs of future generations

indication of the chance of a species' extinction, regardless of authority used

thumb|350px|Book frontispiece|Frontispiece to [[Alfred Russel Wallace's book The Geographical Distribution of Animals]]

thumb|Three visual representations of sustainability and its three dimensions. The left image shows sustainability as three intersecting circles. The top right is a nested approach where social and economic sustainability are contained within environmental sustainability. The bottom right shows pillars with the different components holding up sustainability.

non-native organism causing damage to an established environment

thumb|Schematic diagram of a [[micelle of oil in aqueous suspension, such as might occur in an emulsion of oil in water. In this example, the surfactant molecules' oil-soluble tails project into the oil (blue), while the water-soluble ends remain in contact with the water phase (red).]]

process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time

individual's or a group's human demand on nature

total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organisation, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent

professional engineering discipline related to environmental science

There are several conflicting usages of geosphere, variously defined.

thumb|upright=1.5|The pollinating wasp Dasyscolia ciliata in [[pseudocopulation with a flower of Ophrys speculum]] In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through the process of natural selection. The term sometimes is used for two traits in the same species affecting each other's evolution, as well as gene-culture coevolution.

term in biology

maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely

Bioremediation broadly refers to any process wherein a biological system (typically bacteria, microalgae, fungi in mycoremediation, and plants in phytoremediation), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, fuel gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural or artificial settings. The natural ability of organisms to adsorb, accumulate, and degrade common and emerging pollutants has attracted the use of biological resources in treatment of contaminated environment. In comparison to conventional physicochemical treatment methods bioremediation may o

thumb|upright=1.3|Some heavy metals such as copper and zinc are removed from the soil by moving up into the plant roots.

expansion of auto-oriented, low-density development in suburbs

state when natural environment becomes unable to support its native species due to human activity

ecological community that has reached its final steady state

dead plant material that has fallen to the ground

total mass of living organisms in a given area (all species or selected species)

design approach sensitive to environmental impacts

policy measures to contain global warming

amount of water used by an individual, community, business, or nation

thumb|A variety of mire types in Carbajal Valley, Argentina thumb|right|Avaste Nature Reserve|Avaste Fen, one of the largest fens in Estonia thumb|right|A valley mire creates a level ground surface in otherwise dramatic topography. Upper Bigo Bog, Rwenzori Mountains, [[Uganda.]] A peatland is a type of wetland whose soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat. Peatlands arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation, due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia. Peatlands are unusual landforms that derive mostly from b

number of distinct species in a biological community

changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two or more habitats

change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem

management and control of wildlife populations

controversial term for uncontrolled dispersal of contaminated altered genes from genetically engineered organisms to natural organisms

artificial wetland to treat municipal or industrial wastewater, greywater or stormwater runoff

thumb|Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria, also known as the zinc violet, grows in soils high in zinc.

tree which, because of its great age, size or condition, or historical connection, is of exceptional cultural, landscape or nature conservation value

group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered

thumb|right|Flood-meadow near Hohenau an der March thumb|right|The same meadow in spring

uses ecology and engineering to predict, design, construct or restore, and manage ecosystems that integrate "human society with its natural environment for the benefit of both"

viable seed present in the soil

group of sympatric species with similar ecological function

thumb|The water meadow at Magdalen College, Oxford, is an island in the River Cherwell

phenomenon in which species sometimes prefer low-quality habitats

lower bound on the population of a species, such that it can survive in the wild

plants that are alien to the native flora

thumb|Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushroom)|300x300px Mycoremediation (from ancient Greek (), meaning "fungus", and the suffix , in Latin meaning 'restoring balance') is a form of bioremediation in which fungi-based remediation methods are used to decontaminate the environment. Fungi have been proven to be a cheap, effective and environmentally sound way for removing a wide array of contaminants from damaged environments or wastewater. These contaminants include heavy metals, organic pollutants, textile dyes, leather tanning chemicals and wastewater, petroleum fuels, polycyclic aromatic hydroc

scientific discipline concerned with natural processes involving fire in an ecosystem and the ecological effects

global index of forest condition

thumb|right|Afghanistan, on the other side of the world from [[North America]]

model for simulation of ecological relations and effects

work to improve the environmental health of a river or stream

thumb|270px|poppy|Poppies are hemerochoric plants that belong to the [[archaeophytes.]] Hemerochory (Ancient Greek ἥμερος, hemeros: 'tame, ennobled, cultivated, cultivated' and Greek χωρίς choris: separate, isolated), or anthropochory, is the distribution of cultivated plants or their seeds and cuttings, consciously or unconsciously, by humans into an area that they could not colonize through their natural mechanisms of spread, but are able to maintain themselves without specific human help in their new habitat.

redevelopment of an encology after an event that changes it radically

thumb|Satellite image of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region: The urbanized areas on the edges and along the arterial roads are desakota spaces. thumb|An urban fringe village located in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, China. Baiyun is well known by the locals as a desakota area in [[Guangzhou.]]

Biosurfactant usually refers to surfactants of microbial origin. Most of the biosurfactants produced by microbes are synthesized extracellularly and many microbes are known to produce biosurfactants in large relative quantities. Some are of commercial interest. As a secondary metabolite of microorganisms, biosurfactants can be processed by the cultivation of biosurfactant producing microorganisms in the stationary phase on many sorts of low-priced substrates like biochar, plant oils, carbohydrates, wastes, etc. High-level production of biosurfactants can be controlled by regulation of environm

regular report pursuant to the Paris Agreement

thumb|right| Limbing a pine tree with a manual pruning saw

Garden plants escaping cultivation to wild

Type of change to how a system is measured

data on aspects of the environment

description of how humans introduce invasive specieis and other biological organisms into an environment