Terms for subject Environment (31566 entries) |
dard vert | greenside darter | |
dasynorne à long bec | Western bristlebird | |
dasynorne à long bec | long-billed bristlebird | |
datation | dating | |
datation | dating (Any of several techniques such as radioactive dating, dendrochronology, or varve dating, for establishing the age of rocks, palaeontological or archaeological specimens, etc.) | |
date d'entrée en fonctionnement | date when the station first operated | |
Daubentoniidés | aye-ayes | |
dauphin d'eau douce de Chine | Baiji lake dolphin | |
dauphin d'eau douce de Chine | Chinese lake dolphin | |
dauphin d'eau douce de Chine | Chinese river dolphin | |
dauphin d'eau douce de Chine | Yangtze river dolphin | |
dauphin d'eau douce de Chine | white fin dolphin | |
dauphin du Gange | Ganges dolphins | |
dauphin du Gange | Indus river dolphins | |
dauphin du Gange | Susus | |
dauphin du Havre | Sowerby's beaked whale | |
dauphins à bosse de l'Atlantique et de l'Indo-Pacifique | humpbacked dolphins | |
DDT | DDT (A persistent organochlorine insecticide, also known as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, that was introduced in the 1940s and used widely because of its persistence (meaning repeated applications were unnecessary), its low toxicity to mammals and its simplicity and cheapness of manufacture. It became dispersed all over the world and, with other organochlorines, had a disruptive effect on species high in food chains, especially on the breeding success of certain predatory birds. DDT is very stable, relatively insoluble in water, but highly soluble in fats. Health effects on humans are not clear, but it is less toxic than related compounds. It is poisonous to other vertebrates, especially fish, and is stored in the fatty tissue of animals as sublethal amounts of the less toxic DDE. Because of its effects on wildlife its use in most countries is now forbidden or strictly limited) | |
de-éthaniseur | de-ethanizer | |
débâcle | ice break-up |