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| Terms for subject Environment (6716 entries) |
| aerobijoloġija | aerobiology (The study of the atmospheric dispersal of airborne fungus spores, pollen grains, and microorganisms; and, more broadly, of airborne propagules of algae and protozoans, minute insects such as aphids, and pollution gases and particles which exert specific biologic effects) | |
| aerosol | aerosol (A gaseous suspension of ultramicroscopic particles of a liquid or a solid) | |
| affluwent | influent | |
| afforestazzjoni | afforestation (1. Establishment of a new forest by seeding or planting of nonforested land. 2. The planting of trees on land which was previously used for other uses than forestry. 3. The planting of trees in an area, or the management of an area to allow trees to regenerate or colonize naturally, in order to produce a forest) | |
| afforestazzjoni | afforestation | |
| afforestazzjoni lokali | local afforestation (The planting of trees in an area, or the management of an area to allow trees to regenerate or colonize naturally, in order to produce a forest) | |
| Afrika | Africa (The second largest of the continents, on the Mediterranean in the north, the Atlantic in the west, and the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean in the east. The Sahara desert divides the continent unequally into North Africa and Africa south of Sahara. The largest lake is Lake Victoria and the chief rivers are the Nile, Niger, Congo, and Zambezi. The hottest continent, Africa has vast mineral resources, many of which are still undeveloped) | |
| Afrika Ċentrali | Central Africa (A geographic region of the African continent close to the equator that includes Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo) | |
| Afrika t'Isfel | Southern Africa (A geographic region of the African continent astride the Tropic of Capricorn, including Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and also the Kalahari Desert, Zambezi River and Orange River) | |
| Afrika ta' Fuq | North Africa (A geographic region of the African continent south of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, and north of Africa's tropical rain forest, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and the Egyptian region west of the Suez Canal, and also the Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains) | |
| Afrika tal-Lvant | East Africa (A geographic region of the African continent that includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia, and also Mt. Kilimanjaro and Lake Victoria) | |
| Afrika tal-Punent | West Africa (A geographic region of the African continent bordered in the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean, including the republics of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote D'ivoire, Gambie, Ghana, Guinee Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Nigeria, Sengegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) | |
| aġent fotokimiku | photochemical agent (Agents which trigger off photochemical reactions) | |
| aġent komplessanti | complexing agent (A substance capable of forming a complex compound with another material in solution) | |
| aġent li jipproteġi kontra nirien | fireproofing agent (A chemical used as a coating for or a component of a combustible material to reduce or eliminate a tendency to burn; used with textiles, plastics, rubbers, paints, and other materials) | |
| aġent ossidanti | oxidising agent (Compound that gives up oxygen easily, removes hydrogen from another compound, or attracts negative electrons) | |
| aġent preservattiv | preservative (A chemical added to foodstuffs to prevent oxidation, fermentation or other deterioration, usually by inhibiting the growth of bacteria) | |
| aġent tal-ibbliċjar | bleaching agent (1. A chemical, such as an aromatic acyl peroxide or monoperoxiphthalic acid, used to bleach flour, fats, oils and other edibles. 2. An oxidizing or reducing chemical such as sodium hypochlorite, sulfur dioxide, sodium acid sulfite, or hydrogen peroxide) | |
| aġenti li jikkawżaw stress ambjentali | environmental stressors | |
| Aġenzija Ewropea għall-Ambjent | European Environment Agency (The EEA is being set up to provide the European Community and its member states with objective, reliable and standardized information on the environment. It will assess the success of existing environmental policies and the data will be used to develop new policies for environmental protection measures. It will gather information covering the present, and foreseeable, state of the environment. The priority area are: air quality and emissions; water quality, pollutants and resources; soil quality, flora and fauna, and biotopes; land use and natural resources; waste management; noise pollution; chemicals; and protection of coastal areas. The Agency will also take into account the socio-economics dimension, cover transboundary and international matters, and avoid the duplication of the activities of other bodies) |