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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| drying out (Removal of water from any substance) | uttørking | |
| dual economy (An economy based upon two separate/distinct economic systems which co-exist in the same geographical space. Dualism is characteristic of many developing countries in which some parts of a country resemble advanced economies while other parts resemble traditional economies, i.e. there are circuits of production and exchange) | dobbel økonomi | |
| dual waste management (To reduce the quantity of packaging waste, and thereby of overall MSW, Germany introduced a far-reaching legislation to reduce waste, based on the producer's responsibility principle. Industry was given the option to set up a third party organization which would carry out the collection and sorting of sales packaging for care of manufacturers and retailers. Thus, Some 600 companies created "Duales System Deutschland" in 1990 ("Dual" because it meant creating a second collection system in parallel to the existing waste collection system of the local authorities). Duales System Deutschland (DSD), now has overall responsibility for the separate collection and recycling of packaging. At present, the Dual System is the only nationwide system for the collection and sorting of sales packaging. Packaging participating in this collection system is marked with the Green Dot) | dobbeltavfallsstyring | |
| dumping (The discarding of waste in any manner, often without regard to environmental control) | avfallsdumping | |
| dune (A low mound, ridge, bank, or hill of loose, windblown granular material (generally sand, sometimes volcanic ash), either bare or covered with vegetation, capable of movement from place but always retaining its characteristic shape) | sanddyne | |
| durable goods (Goods which have a reasonably long life and which are not generally consumed in use: e.g. refrigerator) | varig konsumgode | |
| duration of sunshine (Period of the day during which the sun is shining) | soltimer | |
| dust (Any kind of solid material divided in particles of very small size) | støv | |
| dust immission | støvinntak | |
| dust removal (The removal of dust from air by ventilation or exhaust systems) | støvfjerning | |
| dwelling (Any enclosed space wholly or partially used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating) | bolig | |
| dye (A coloring material) | fargestoff | |
| dyke (An artificial wall, embankment, ridge, or mound, usually of earth or rock fill, built around a relatively flat, low-lying area to protect it from flooding; a levee. A dyke may be also be constructed on the shore or border of a lake to prevent inflow of undesirable water) | dike | |
| dyke reinforcement (The addition of material to strengthen the structure of the dykes) | dikeforsterking | |
| early warning system (Any series of procedures and devices designed to detect sudden or potential threats to persons, property or the environment at the first sign of danger; especially a system utilizing radar technology) | tidligvarslingssystem | |
| earth science (The science that deals with the earth or any part thereof; includes the disciplines of geology, geography, oceanography and meteorology, among others) | geovitenskap | |
| earth's crust (The outer layers of the Earth's structure, varying between 6 and 48 km in thickness, and comprising all the material above the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (a seismic discontinuity occurring between the crust of the earth and the underlying mantle; the discontinuity occurs at an average depth of 35 km below the continents and at about 10 km below the oceans). The earlier idea of a cool solid skin overlaying a hot molten interior has now been replaced by a concept of a crust composed of two shells: an inner basic unit composed of sima (oceanic crust) and an outer granitic unit composed of sial (continental crust)) | jordskorpe | |
| Earth-Sun relationship (The Earth depends on the sun for its existence as a planet hospitable to life, and solar energy is the major factor determining the climate. Hence, conditions on the sun and conditions on Earth are inextricably linked. Although the sun's rays may appear unchanging, its radiation does vary. Many scientists suspect that sunspot activity has a greater influence on climatic change than variations attributed to the greenhouse effect) | jord-solforhold | |
| earthquake (The violent shaking of the ground produced by deep seismic waves, beneath the epicentre, generated by a sudden decrease or release in a volume of rock of elastic strain accumulated over a long time in regions of seismic activity (tectonic earthquake). The magnitude of an earthquake is represented by the Richter scale; the intensity by the Mercalli scale) | jordskjelv | |
| earthworm (Any of numerous oligochaete worms of the genera Lumbricus, Allolobophora, Eisenia, etc., which burrow in the soil and help aerate and break up the ground) | meitemark |