Environmental policy

Environmental policy

Policy related to managing human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources.

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Entropy law

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(Second Law Of Thermodynamics). The „law" concerning energy flow which states that, in every energy transformation, energy is degraded and some loss occurs as heat, which is dissipated into the ...

Because so much energy is lost as heat (80 to 90 percent) in each transfer at each trophic level of an ecosystem, the shape of the energy flow is in pyramid form. The conventional distribution of the ...

Environment

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The aggregate of surrounding things (biotic and abiotic) and conditions that influence the life of an individual organism or population, including humans. The Unesco concept of the environment ...

Energy flow

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The one way passage (transfer) of energy through, an ecosystem, including the way in which energy is converted and used at each trophic (food) level on an ecosystem.

Human environment

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The aggregate complex of abiotic (including the built physical environment), biotic, social, cultural, economic, and technological factors that influence humans.

Energy

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The capacity to do work or transfer heat. Energy may take a number of forms, among them mechanical, chemical, and radiant, and can be transferred from one form to another.