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| Terms for subject Environment (26921 entries) |
| sea cat | Meerotter | |
| sea circulation (Large-scale horizontal water motion within an ocean. The way energy from the sun, stored in the sea, is transported around the world. The currents explain, for example, why the UK has ice-free ports in winter, while St. Petersburg, at the same latitude as the Shetland Islands, needs ice breakers. Evidence is growing that the world's ocean circulation was very different during the last ice age and has changed several times in the distant past, with dramatic effects on climate. The oceans are vital as storehouses, as they absorb more than half the sun's heat reaching the earth. This heat, which is primarily absorbed near the equator is carried around the world and released elsewhere, creating currents which last up to 1.000 years. As the Earth rotates and the wind acts upon the surface, currents carry warm tropical water to the cooler parts of the world. The strength and direction of the currents are affected by landmasses, bottlenecks through narrow straits, and even the shape of the sea-bed. When the warm water reaches polar regions its heat evaporates into the atmosphere, reducing its temperature and increasing its density. When sea-water freezes it leaves salt behind in the unfrozen water and this cold water sinks into the ocean and begins to flow back to the tropics. Eventually it is heated and begins the cycle all over again) | Meereskreislauf | |
| sea cow | Pazifische Seekuh | |
| sea cows | Seekühe | |
| sea cows | Sirenen | |
| sea disposal | Versenkung im Meer | |
| sea disposal | Verklappung | |
| sea dumping of radioactive waste | Versenkung von radioaktiven Abfällen im Meer | |
| sea dune | Küstendüne | |
| sea dunes on Atlantic shores | Dünen an den Kusten des Atlantiks | |
| sea foods | Meeresprodukte | |
| sea grass bed | Seegrasbett | |
| sea grass bed (Seaweeds communities formed by green, brown and red macroscopic algae and by sea phanerogams such as Posidonia oceanica and Zostera noltii, etc.) | Seegrasbett | |
| sea level (The level of the surface of the ocean; especially, the mean level halfway between high and low tide, used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depths) | Meeresspiegel | |
| sea level rise | Meeresspiegelanstieg | |
| sea level rise (Sea-level rises are a possible consequence of global warming. As the amount of free water in the oceans increases, and as the water becomes warmer, global warming will increase. In addition, according to theory, the heating at the poles may reduce the amount of water trapped in glaciers and ice caps) | Meeresspiegelanstieg | |
| sea outfall | Meeresauslaß | |
| sea outfall (The point, location or structure where effluent discharges into a body of marine waters such as a sea, ocean, etc.) | Meeresauslaß | |
| SEA Protocol | Protokoll über die strategische Umweltprüfung zum Übereinkommen über die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung im grenzüberschreitenden Rahmen | |
| sea resource (Marine resources include food, energy and minerals) | Meeresressourcen |