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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| perifyton | periphyton (A plant or animal organism which is attached or clings to surfaces of leaves or stems of rooted plants above the bottom stratum) | |
| periodisk støy | intermittent noise (Noise occurring at regular or irregular intervals) | |
| periurbant område | periurban space (Any expanse of land or region located on the outskirts of a city or town) | |
| perkloretylen | perchloroethylene (Stable, colorless liquid, nonflammable and nonexplosive, with low toxicity; used as a dry-cleaning and industrial solvent, in pharmaceuticals and medicines, and for metal cleaning) | |
| permafrost-økosystem | permafrost ecosystem (The interacting system of the biological communities and their nonliving environmental surroundings in a climatic region where the subsoil is perennially frozen) | |
| permeabilitet | permeability (The ability of a membrane or other material to permit a substance to pass through it) | |
| peroksyacetylnitrat | peroxyacetylnitrate (A pollutant created by the action of sunlight on hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides in the air. An ingredient of smog) | |
| persistens | persistence (The capacity of a substance to remain chemically stable. This is an important factor in estimating the environmental effects of substances discharged into the environment. Certain toxic substances (e.g., cyanides) have a low persistence, whereas other less immediately toxic substances (e.g., many organochlorines) have a high persistence and may therefore produce more serious effects) | |
| persistent organisk forurensende stoff | persistent organic pollutant | |
| personbil | private car (Transportation mean belonging to an individual person) | |
| personlig ansvar | personal responsibility | |
| pesticid | pesticide (A general term for chemical agents that are used in order to kill unwanted plants, animals pests or disease-causing fungi, and embracing insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, nematicides, etc. Some pesticides have had widespread disruptive effects among non-target species) | |
| pesticidmetabolisme | metabolism of pesticides (The sum of chemical reactions, including both synthesis and breakdown, that occurs in substances or mixtures intended to prevent, destroy or mitigate pests that are directly or indirectly detrimental to harvest crops and other humans interests) | |
| pesticidrest | residual pesticide (A pesticide remaining in the environment for a fairly long time, continuing to be effective for days, weeks, and months) | |
| pesticidtoksisitet | toxicity of pesticides | |
| petisjonsrett | petition right (A legal guarantee or just claim enabling a citizen or employee to compose and submit a formal written request to an authority asking for some benefit or favor or for intervention and redress of some wrong) | |
| petrokjemikalie | petrochemical (Chemicals manufactured from the products of oil refineries, based largely on ethylene, propylene and butylene produced in the cracking of petrol fractions) | |
| petrokjemisk industri | petrochemical industry (The production of materials derived from petroleum or natural gas) | |
| petroleum | petroleum (A comparatively volatile liquid bitumen composed principally of hydrocarbon, with traces of sulphur, nitrogen or oxygen compounds; can be removed from the earth in a liquid state) | |
| petroleumsgeologi | petroleum geology (The branch of economic geology that relates to the origin, migration and accumulation of oil and gas, and to the discovery of commercial deposits. Its practice involves the application of geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, structural geology and stratigraphy to the problems of finding hydrocarbons) |