Ecological and Environmental Processes
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Ecological and Environmental Processes. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Ecological and Environmental Processes.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Acid Rain - Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes...
Air Ionization - The dissociation of molecules in the air into positive and negative ions under the influence of an e...
Air Movements - The motion of air currents....
Biofouling - Process by which unwanted microbial, plant or animal materials or organisms accumulate on man-made s...
Climate Change - Any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting ...
Climatic Processes - Characteristic events occurring in the ATMOSPHERE during the interactions and transformation of vari...
Cosmic Radiation - High-energy radiation or particles from extraterrestrial space that strike the earth, its atmosphere...
Cyclonic Storms - Non-frontal low-pressure systems over tropical or sub-tropical waters with organized convection and ...
Droughts - Prolonged dry periods in natural climate cycle. They are slow-onset phenomena caused by rainfall def...
Ecological and Environmental Processes - Ecosystem and environmental activities, functions, or events....
Eutrophication - The enrichment of a terrestrial or aquatic ECOSYSTEM by the addition of nutrients, especially nitrog...
Floods - Sudden onset water phenomena with different speed of occurrence. These include flash floods, seasona...
Global Warming - Increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface and in the troposphere, which...
Greenhouse Effect - The effect of GLOBAL WARMING and the resulting increase in world temperatures. The predicted health ...
Greenhouse Effect - The effect of GLOBAL WARMING and the resulting increase in world temperatures. The predicted health ...
Harmful Algal Bloom - An algal bloom where the algae produce powerful toxins that can kill fish, birds, and mammals, and u...
Lightning - An abrupt high-current electric discharge that occurs in the ATMOSPHERE and that has a path length r...
Rain - Water particles that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Snow - Frozen water crystals that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Tidal Waves - Water waves caused by the gravitational interactions between the EARTH; MOON; and SUN....
Water Movements - The flow of water in enviromental bodies of water such as rivers, oceans, water supplies, aquariums,...
Wind - The motion of air relative to the earth's surface....
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
