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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Area with less than 250 millimetres (mm) of yearly rainfall. The term may include a reference to bioclimatic factors.
Industry:Environment
Levels of air pollutants prescribed by regulations that may not be exceeded during a specified time in a defined area.
Industry:Environment
Lowering of the earth's temperature because of accumulation of particles in the air blocking the sun's rays.
Industry:Environment
Special type of dry vault toilet in which sewage is decomposed by the addition of caustic chemicals such as quicklime.
Industry:Environment
Capability of ecosystems to resist change and interference through self-regulation and self-maintenance (regeneration).
Industry:Environment
Material that produces toxic fumes when burned. It is used in the manufacturing of plastic bottles and other products.
Industry:Environment
Phenomenon in which living organisms are responsible for the decomposition of organic matter. See also biodegradation.
Industry:Environment
Pipe or conduit used to carry either raw sewage or treated effluent to a final point of discharge into a body of water.
Industry:Environment
Small particles of solid pollutants in sewage that contribute to turbidity and resist separation by conventional means.
Industry:Environment
Study of the earth's form and its evolution, both of which owe much to the action of water in rivers and glaciers.
Industry:Environment
