Welcome to Ecology Guide
Ecology Flag Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Ecology Terms: Topics To Know
from:Ecology terms are often important to understand at any age. There are many ecology terms that often need to be defined. If you are someone who is looking for a way to teach children or you just need to know what the definition of an ecology term is, here are some of the terms you may come across.
Acid Precipitation or Acid Rain: This can include acid rain or snow that has more acid in it than normal amounts of snow would have. This is characterized by any acid precipitation that is less than a pH of 5.6. This usually comes from air pollutants that contain sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen.
Biodegradable: This word is used to talk about the process that something is broken down into simpler substances such as into compounds and elements. This is used to characterize the simple, naturally occurring decomposers. Biodegradable elements are those that can be broken down so much so that they can become non toxic and ingested by other organisms without any harm.
Biodiversity: Here is another ecology term that is important to note. Within any specific geographic region, this term is used to describe the biotic factors. In other words, this is the combined area of living things, based on factors including the genetic diversity, ecosystem diversity, cultural diversity and species diversity.
Deforestation: This noun is used to talk about the removing of trees from any forested area without any or enough replanting being done.
Desertification: In this noun, the topic is the conversion of rangeland, or other croplands into a desert land. This usually incorporates a drop of ten percent or more in agricultural productivity as well. Usually, this is caused by prolonged periods of drought, by overgrazing of the land, or by the climate change.
Ecosystem: This ecology noun is used to describe the ecological community of the organism which could be plants and animals or others. It is the study of the interacting of each of these aspects as well as the interaction living beings within the space have on nonliving resources within their area.
Endangered Species: This noun is used to describe the animals, any wild species, in which there are so few individuals alive that the species could soon become extinct within all or in most of its natural range.
These ecology terms are just a few of the many you need to know. The more you know about these, the better off you will be in promoting a healthy and clean environment to your family and for generations to come.
Ecology Flag News
Ecology to collect old woodstoves
WINTHROP — The state Department of Ecology is offering $250 to Methow Valley residents who will hand over old woodstoves in an effort to reduce smoke emissions.
Read more...wenatcheesmokeside.txt
Winthrop Ecology to collect old woodstoves
Read more...New-look Pine Ridge Park now one of E.B.’s ‘jewels’
BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Just in time for summer, East Brunswick officials and residents gathered last week for the dedication and grand reopening of Pine Ridge Park. A joint effort between the township and the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the $940,848 park rehabilitation project was first approved by the Township Council in April 2011 and has been more than a year in ...
Read more...Vembanad fish count on May 23 and 24
The fifth edition of the annual Vembanad Fish Count will be held here on May 23 and 24. Environmentalist, K.V. Dayal will flag off the event organised by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecol...
Read more...WA agency asks Corps to study coal terminal plans
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Ecology Department is asking the Corps of Engineers to develop a cumulative study of plans for coal export terminals in the Northwest. In a letter Tuesday, Ecology Director Ted Sturdevant said a federal review of rail and vessel congestion, air quality and other possible problems is necessary to help state and local governments.
Read more...