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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.
Water that falls to earth as precipitation from atmospheric humidity. It may contain undesirable quantities of nitrogen, sulphur and heavy metals which give rise to problems of "acid rain".
Industry:Environment
Are tangible or intangible assets produced as outputs from processes of production that are themselves used repeatedly or continuously in other processes of production for more than one year.
Industry:Environment
Gas formed by combustion under high pressure and high temperature in an internal combustion engine. It changes into nitrogen dioxide in the ambient air and contributes to photochemical smog.
Industry:Environment
Tank in which the sewage is brought into intense contact with activated sludge, and in which a high oxygen concentration is maintained by means of aerators that keep the sludge in suspension.
Industry:Environment
United Nations Conference on Human Settlements. The first conference was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, 31 May-11 June 1976; the second conference was held in Istanbul, 3-14 June 1996.
Industry:Environment
Disintegration of rocks into small soil particles through the physical and chemical action of atmospheric agents, for example, rain, water, frost, wind, temperature changes, plant and animals.
Industry:Environment
Pollution caused by the reaction of unsaturated and saturated hydrocarbons, aromatics and aldehydes (emitted owing to the incomplete combustion of fuels) with light. It causes eye irritation.
Industry:Environment
Hereditary factor, transmitted from generation to generation of plants and animals, that is responsible for the determination of a particular characteristic, for example, colour, height or sex.
Industry:Environment
Human-made lake or body of water in which waste is consumed by bacteria. It is generally used with other waste treatment processes. An oxidation pond is basically the same as a sewage lagoon.
Industry:Environment
Induced infiltration of river water through bankside gravel strata (by pumping from wells sunk into the gravel strata to create a hydraulic gradient) for the purpose of improving water quality.
Industry:Environment
