Vocabulary

Sustainability:

Sürdürebilirlik

1.the ability to sustain something

2.Includes policies and programs that integrate social,environmental and economic elements.

A.GÖKCEN ERİŞEN TURKEY

Seismograph:Sismograf

An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity,direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.

A.GÖKCEN ERİŞEN TURKEY

Forest dieback : Orman kaybı

...is a condition in trees or woody plants in which peripheral parts are killed, either by pathogens, parasites or due to conditions like acid rain and drought.Two of the nine tipping points for major climate changes forecast for the next century, are directly related to forest diebacks.

Diren YILDIRIM TURKEY

Global cooling :Küresel soğuma

conjecture during the 1970s of imminent cooling of the Earth's surface and atmosphere along with a posited commencement of glaciation.

Nisa ATAR ,TURKEY

Biodiversity: biodiversitate

the term we use to describe the variety of living things, animals and plants, their living environments and genes.

Theresa Bora, Romania

What is Ozone?

Ozone is a natural gas composedof three atoms of oxygen. Its chemical symbol is O3. It is blue in color and has a strong odor.

Normal oxygen (O2), which we breathe, has two oxygen atoms and is colorless and odorless. Environmental scientists have classified O3 into two: Good Ozone and Bad Ozone.

Alina Cordoneanu, Romania

Good Ozone

Good ozone (also called Stratospheric Ozone) occurs naturally in the upper Stratosphere. The stratosphere is the layer of space 6 to 30 miles above the earth's surface.

Alina Cordoneanu, Romania

Bad Ozone

Bad Ozone is also known as Tropospheric Ozone, or ground-level ozone. This gas is found in the troposphere, the layer that forms the immediate atmosphere. Bad Ozone does not exist naturally. Human actions cause chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC).

Alina Cordoneanu, Romania

Waterborne diseases (boli contagioase, transmisibile prin apa contaminata)

These are diseases which are transmitted by drinking contaminated water. Examples of such diseases include Typhoid fever, Malaria, Hepatitis A, Cholera, Bacillary Dysentery/Shigellosis.

Diana Tirnovanu, Romania

Water Scarcity: deficit de sursa de apa sigura

the absence of (lack of) water, or inadequate safe water in any geographic area for human, animal and environmental use .

Arsaluis Ripeanu, Romania