Search results for "Natural environment" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • the development of a more ideal human environment through such diverse aspects ... organisms and their biotic and abiotic environment as an integrated system ...
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  • century saw the introduction of two more natural pesticides, pyrethrum which ... because they are less damaging to the environment and they are less persistent ...
    27 KB (3,879 words) - 01:03, 24 November 2022
  • The city's spectacular environment has made it a popular ... agriculture in irrigated oases, and huge natural gas and petroleum resources ...
    13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
  • lives of the civilized world. The island environment offers such sanctuary ... * Nunn, Patrick D. 1994. Oceanic islands. The Natural environment ...
    19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
  • A wetland is a transitional environment between permanently aquatic ... of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent ...
    25 KB (3,675 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
  • The Field Museum of Natural History (commonly abbreviated to FMNH ... the interdependence of humankind and the natural world is a valuable contribution ...
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  • carp readily adapted to their new environment, spreading rapidly throughout ... Sterile carp sometimes are used as natural agents for control of pond ...
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  • cities and highways and conservation of natural resources. The former First ... She developed her lifelong love of the environment as a child growing ...
    20 KB (3,091 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
  • effects of the bodies on their environment. This discipline, which ... of physics and was formerly part of "natural philosophy," dealing ...
    11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
  • Natural gas in the broad sense is a gaseous material consisting primarily ... "Fossil" gas, often called "natural gas" or simply ...
    25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
  • taught by his professors. The theory of natural selection would have an ... in one’s interaction with their environment. Dewey rejected any reliance ...
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  • Natural objects which have been moved but not changed by humans are ... that houses them. The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Washington ...
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  • deposits that were formed in the arid environment or exposed by erosion ... of plants have adapted well to the arid environment. They include the pea ...
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  • for discharge or reuse back into the environment. This material is often ... before it is discharged back to the environment is called a wastewater ...
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  • 039; ability to control and adapt to its environment. In human society, it ... products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment ...
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  • element, as in the gritty, proletarian environment of the commercial space ... that one's heredity and social environment decide one's character ...
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  • The relationship between humans and the environment is enhanced by the fact ... * Ivie, G. W., D. L. Holt, and M. C. Ivey. 1981. Natural toxicants ...
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  • to preservation and stewardship of the environment, thus contributing to ... became outspoken on issues such as environment, deforestation, global ...
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  • the wickiup is constructed from available natural items and provides shelter ... Placement and orientation of the lodge within its environment often ...
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  • offer protection to the river's environment and natural resources. ==Names and pronunciation== es|Río Grande is Spanish for "Big River ...
    17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022

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