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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Pesticide
Natural environment; Climate change
A pesticide is a substance used to kill a pest, and in a farming context a pest is anything that attacks or competes with crops. Hence, there are many different types of pesticides: for example, ...
Petrolhead
Natural environment; Climate change
A car enthusiast; often used to describe those who are most reluctant to limit their car use or petrol consumption.
Photovoltaic cell
Natural environment; Climate change
Photovoltaics are materials that produce electricity from sunlight. A single photovoltaic cell can be used to power small devices such as calculators; combined in solar panels they can be used to ...
Textile banks
Natural environment; Climate change
A textile bank is a place to take old clothes for recycling. Compared with other materials such as glass, there is, as yet, very little textile recycling in the UK.
Thermostat
Natural environment; Climate change
A thermostat maintains the temperature of a system at or near a stipulated level using sensors that tell it when to turn off heating devices. In most household central heating systems, a wall-mounted ...
Thermostatic radiator valves
Natural environment; Climate change
Thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) automatically open and close as necessary to control the flow of hot water into a radiator and so achieve the pre-set air temperature for a particular room, rather ...
Toxins
Natural environment; Climate change
A toxin is a chemical compound from one organism that is harmful to another organism.
