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Bituminous_coal | Bituminous coal or black coal is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen . It is of higher quality than lignite coal but of poorer quality than anthracite . Formation is usually the result of high pressure being exerted on lignite . Its coloration can be black or sometimes dark brown ; ofte... | |
Black_Sunday_(storm) | Black Sunday refers to a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14 , 1935 , as part of the Dust Bowl . It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and it caused immense economic and agricultural damage . It is estimated to have displaced 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairie area in th... | |
Breathing | Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs , to allow the diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the external environment into and out of the blood . `` Breathing '' sometimes also refers to the equivalent process using other respiratory organs such as gills in fish and spiracles in cer... | |
Boreogadus_saida | Boreogadus saida , known as the polar cod or as the Arctic cod , is a fish of the cod family Gadidae , related to the true cod ( genus Gadus ) . Another fish species for which both the common names Arctic cod and polar cod are used is Arctogadus glacialis . B. saida has a slender body , a deeply forked tail , a proje... | |
Blackwater_(coal) | Blackwater '' ' is a form of pollution produced in coal preparation . In its purification , coal is crushed in a coal preparation plant and then separated and transported as a coal slurry , From the slurry , incombustible materials are removed and the coal can be sized . After the recovery of the coal particles from th... | |
Branches_of_science | The branches of science ( also referred to as `` sciences '' , `` scientific fields '' , or `` scientific disciplines '' ) are commonly divided into three major groups : Natural sciences : the study of natural phenomena ( including fundamental forces and biological life ) Formal sciences : the study of mathematics an... | |
Black_swan_theory | The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise , has a major effect , and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight . The term is based on an ancient saying which presumed black swans did not exist , but the sa... | |
Boutonneuse_fever | Boutonneuse fever ( also called Mediterranean spotted fever , fièvre boutonneuse , Kenya tick typhus , Indian tick typhus , Marseilles fever , or African tick-bite fever ) is a fever as a result of a rickettsial infection caused by the bacterium Rickettsia conorii and transmitted by the dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineu... | |
Brontosaurus | Brontosaurus ( -LSB- ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs -RSB- ) , meaning `` thunder lizard '' ( from Greek βροντή , brontē = thunder + σαῦρος , sauros = lizard ) , is a genus of gigantic quadruped sauropod dinosaurs . Although the type species , B. excelsus , had long been considered a species of the closely related Apatosaurus , more re... | |
Brown_ocean_effect | The brown ocean effect is an observed weather phenomenon where tropical cyclones , which are commonly expected to lose energy when they make landfall , instead maintain strength or intensify over land surfaces . While these systems are highly common in the United States and China , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... | |
British_North_Greenland_expedition | The British North Greenland expedition was a British scientific mission , led by Commander James Simpson RN , which lasted from July 1952 to August 1954 . A total of 30 men took part , though not all stayed for both years . The purpose of BNGE was primarily to carry out scientific studies in glaciology , meteorology ... | |
Boreal_(age) | In paleoclimatology of the Holocene , the Boreal was the first of the Blytt-Sernander sequence of north European climatic phases that were originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs , named for Axel Blytt and Rutger Sernander , who first established the sequence . In peat bog sediments , the Boreal is also recog... | |
Brown_bear | The brown bear ( Ursus arctos ) is a large bear with the widest distribution of any living ursid . The species is distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America . It is one of the two largest terrestrial carnivorans alive today , rivaled in body size only by its close cousin , the polar bear ( Ursus mari... | |
British_Arctic_Expedition | The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 , led by Sir George Strong Nares , was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound . Two ships , HMS Alert and HMS Discovery ( captained by Henry Frederick Stephenson ) , sailed from Portsmouth on 29 May 1875 . Although the expedition faile... | |
Brise_soleil | Brise soleil , sometimes brise-soleil ( -LSB- bʁiːz sɔlɛj -RSB- , plural , `` brise-soleil '' ( invariable ) , or `` bris-ole '' , from French , `` sun breaker '' ) , is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight . | |
Blue_Ridge_Mountains | The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range . This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions , which divide near the Roanoke River gap . The mountain range is located in the eastern United States , starting at its southernmost portion in Georgia... | |
Black_Sea | The Black Sea is a body of water between Eastern Europe and Western Asia , bounded by Bulgaria , Georgia , Romania , Russia , Turkey , and Ukraine . It is supplied by a number of major rivers , such as the Danube , Dnieper , Rioni , Southern Bug , and Dniester . The Black Sea has an area of 436400 km2 ( not including t... | |
Breaking_news | Breaking news , interchangeably termed latebreaking news and also known as a special report or special coverage or news bulletin , is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details . Its use is also assigned to the most signif... | |
Boulder,_Colorado | Boulder ( -LSB- ˈboʊldər -RSB- ) is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Boulder County , and the 11th most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado . Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 5430 ft above se... | |
Bohr_model | In atomic physics , the Rutherford -- Bohr model or Bohr model or Bohr diagram , introduced by Niels Bohr and Ernest Rutherford in 1913 , depicts the atom as a small , positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons that travel in circular orbits around the nucleus -- similar in structure to the Solar System , but w... | |
Borean_languages | Borean ( also Boreal or Boralean ) is a hypothetical linguistic macrofamily that encompasses almost all language families worldwide except those native to sub-Saharan Africa , New Guinea , Australia , and the Andaman Islands . Its supporters propose that the various languages spoken in Eurasia and adjacent regions have... | |
Borrelia_kurtenbachii | Borrelia kurtenbachii is a spirochete bacterium ; it can be pathogenic , being involved in cases of Lyme borreliosis . | |
Black_carbon | Chemically , black carbon ( BC ) is a component of fine particulate matter ( PM ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter ) . Black carbon consists of pure carbon in several linked forms . It is formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels , biofuel , and biomass , and is emitted in both anthropogenic and naturally ... | |
Breathing_gas | A breathing gas is a mixture of gaseous chemical elements and compounds used for respiration . Air is the most common , and only natural , breathing gas - but a range of pure gases or mixtures of gases are used in breathing equipment and enclosed habitats such as scuba equipment , surface supplied diving equipment , re... | |
Carbon-based_fuel | Carbon-based fuel is any fuel principally from the oxidation or burning of carbon . Carbon-based fuels are of two main kinds , biofuels and fossil fuels . Whereas biofuels are derived from recent-growth organic matter and are typically harvested , as with logging of forests and cutting of corn , fossil fuels are of pre... | |
Business_continuity | Business continuity encompasses planning and preparation to ensure that an organization can continue to operate in case of serious incidents or disasters and is able to recover to an operational state within a reasonably short period . As such , business continuity includes three key elements and they are Resilience :... | |
California_(American_Music_Club_album) | California is the third album by American Music Club , released in 1988 . The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . In the album 's article in the book , the reviewer , Arnar Eggert Thorradsen , from Iceland 's daily newspaper Morgunblaðið , described the album as the band 's `` defi... | |
California_Labor_Code | The California Labor Code , more formally known as `` the Labor Code '' , is a collection of civil law statutes for the State of California . The code is made up of statutes which govern the general obligations and rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the State of California . `` The California Labor Code pro... | |
California,_West_Virginia | California is a ghost town in northern Wirt County , West Virginia . It lies along the Hughes River , between the river and West Virginia Route 47 ( the Parkersburg and Staunton Turnpike ) , about half a mile below the Ritchie County line , and just above the intersection of Route 47 with California House Road , or Cou... | |
Carbon_emissions_reporting | Human activities continue to impact Earth 's climate through the emission of greenhouse gases . One of the proposed ways to combat this climate change is through reporting by businesses on the impact of their activities . Large power stations and manufacturing plants are often required to report their emissions to appr... | |
Carbon_dioxide_removal | Carbon dioxide removal ( CDR ) methods refers to a number of technologies which reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . Among such technologies are bio-energy with carbon capture and storage , biochar , direct air capture , ocean fertilization and enhanced weathering . CDR is a different approach than r... | |
Carmichael_coal_mine | The Carmichael coal mine is a proposed thermal coal mine in the north of the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland , Australia . Mining is planned to be conducted by both open-cut and underground methods . The mine is proposed by Adani Mining , a wholly owned subsidiary of India 's Adani Group . The development represent... | |
Carbon_profiling | Carbon profiling is a mathematical process that calculates how much carbon dioxide is put into the atmosphere per m2 of space in a building over one year . The analysis is in two parts which are then added together to produce an overall figure which is termed the ` Carbon Profile ' : operational carbon emissions em... | |
CO2_is_Green | CO2 is Green is a non-profit organization supporting public policy on environmental issues . A main focus of the organization are federal proposals that may `` interfere with natures dependence on carbon dioxide . '' CO2 is Green does not view carbon dioxide as a pollutant and advocates for federal law and regulations ... | |
Carbon_price | Carbon pricing -- the method favored by many economists for reducing global-warming emissions -- charges those who emit carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) for their emissions . That charge , called a carbon price , is the amount that must be paid for the right to emit one tonne of CO2 into the atmosphere . Carbon pricing usually t... | |
California_League_of_Conservation_Voters | The California League of Conservation Voters ( CLCV ) is a nonpartisan lobbying and educational organization which focuses on environmental issues affecting California . Organized as a 501 ( c ) ( 4 ) , CLCV 's mission is to protect California 's environmental quality by increasing public awareness of the environment... | |
California_Proposition_23_(2010) | Proposition 23 was a California ballot proposition that was on the November 2 , 2010 California statewide ballot . It was defeated by California voters during the statewide election by a 23 % margin . If passed , it would have suspended AB 32 , a law enacted in 2006 , legally referred to its long name , the Global Warm... | |
Building_implosion | In the controlled demolition industry , building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds , minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings . Despite its terminology , building implosion also include... | |
California_State_Legislature,_2009–10_session | The 2009 -- 2010 session was a meeting of the California State Legislature . | |
Canadian_electoral_system | The Canadian electoral system is based on a parliamentary system of government , modelled on that of the United Kingdom . | |
Canadian_Taxpayers_Federation | The Canadian Taxpayers Federation ( CTF ) ( French : La Fédération canadienne des contribuables ) is a federally incorporated , non-profit organization and taxpayers advocacy group that claims 30,156 donors in 2015 and is governed by a six-person board of directors . Voting membership is restricted to the board of dire... | |
Canada | Canada ( -LSB- ˈkænədə -RSB- -LSB- kanadɑ -RSB- ) is a country in the northern part of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 e6km2 , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-la... | |
Capital_gains_tax | A capital gains tax ( CGT ) is a tax on capital gains , the profit realized on the sale of a non-inventory asset that was purchased at a cost amount that was lower than the amount realized on the sale . The most common capital gains are realized from the sale of stocks , bonds , precious metals and property . Not all c... | |
Carbohydrate | A carbohydrate is a biological molecule consisting of carbon ( C ) , hydrogen ( H ) and oxygen ( O ) atoms , usually with a hydrogen -- oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 ( as in water ) ; in other words , with the empirical formula ( where m could be different from n ) . This formula holds true for monosaccharides . Some except... | |
California_State_and_Consumer_Services_Agency | The California State and Consumer Services Agency ( SCSA ) was a state cabinet-level agency of the executive branch of California . It was replaced by the California Business , Consumer Services and Housing Agency ( BCSH ) effective July 1 , 2013 . The entities under SCSA were `` responsible for civil rights enforcem... | |
California_Department_of_Forestry_and_Fire_Protection | The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ( CAL FIRE ) is the State of California 's agency responsible for fire protection in State Responsibility Areas of California totaling 31 million acres , as well as the administration of the state 's private and public forests . In addition , the Department prov... | |
Camas,_Washington | Camas -LSB- ˈkæməs -RSB- is a city in Clark County , Washington , with a population of 19,355 at the 2010 census . Officially incorporated on June 18 , 1906 , the city is named after the camas lily , a plant with an onion-like bulb prized by Native Americans . At the west end of downtown Camas is a large Georgia-Pacifi... | |
Calendar_year | Generally speaking , a calendar year begins on the New Year 's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year 's Day , and thus consists of a whole number of days . A year can be measured by also starting on any other named day of the calendar , and end on the day before this named d... | |
Bush_v._Gore | Bush v. Gore , , is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election . The ruling was issued on December 12 , 2000 . On December 9 , the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring . Eight days earlier , the Court unanimously decided... | |
Carbon_cycle_re-balancing | The carbon cycle is the process by which carbon is exchanged between the four reservoirs of carbon : the biosphere , the earth , the air and water . Exchanges take place in several ways , including respiration , transpiration , combustion , and decomposition . The carbon balance , or carbon budget , is the balance of e... | |
Carbon_sequestration | Carbon sequestration is the process involved in carbon capture and the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide . Carbon sequestration involves long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to mitigate or defer global warming . It has been proposed as a way to slow the atmospheric and marine accum... | |
California_elections,_November_2012 | The California state elections was held on Election Day , November 6 , 2012 . On the ballot were eleven propositions , various parties ' nominees for the United States presidency , the Class I Senator to the United States Senate , all of California 's seats to the House of Representatives , all of the seats of the Stat... | |
Capitalism | Capitalism is an economic system and an ideology based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit . Characteristics central to capitalism include private property , capital accumulation , wage labor , voluntary exchange , a price system , and competitive markets . In a capitalist mar... | |
Canada_(New_France) | Canada was a French colony within New France discovered and named in 1535 during the second voyage of Jacques Cartier . The word `` Canada '' at this point referred to the territory along the Saint Lawrence River , then known as the Canada river , from Grosse Island in the east to a point between Quebec and Three River... | |
Caribbean | The Caribbean ( -LSB- ˌkærᵻˈbiːən -RSB- or -LSB- kəˈrɪbiən -RSB- ) is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea , its islands ( some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts . The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and t... | |
Canadian_Centre_for_Policy_Alternatives | The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent and non-partisan think tank policy research institute in Canada . It has been described as `` left leaning '' . It concentrates on economic policy , international trade , environmental justice and social policy . It is especially known for publishing an al... | |
Calaveras_County,_California | Calaveras County , officially the County of Calaveras , is a county in the northern portion of the U.S. state , California . As of the 2010 census , the population was 44,828 . The county seat is San Andreas , and Angels Camp is the only incorporated city . Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls ; the county was repo... | |
Canada–Panama_Free_Trade_Agreement | The Canada -- Panama Free Trade Agreement is a free trade agreement between Canada and Panama that went into effect April 1 , 2013 . The agreement was concluded on August 11 , 2009 by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and signed by the two countries ' trade ministers on ... | |
Carbon_offset | A carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere . Carbon offsets are measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent ( CO2e ) and may represent six primary categories of greenhouse gases : carbon dioxide , m... | |
Bushfires_in_Australia | Bushfires in Australia are frequent events during the warmer months of the year , due to Australia 's mostly hot , dry climate . Each year , such fires impact extensive areas . On one hand , they can cause property damage and loss of human life . On the other hand , certain native flora in Australia have evolved to rel... | |
Carbonation | In chemistry , carbonation refers to two chemical processes involving the binding of carbon dioxide to substrates . Various applications or manifestations of this reaction are listed in order of their relative scale . In biochemistry . Carbon-based life originates from a carbonation reaction that is most often cataly... | |
Carnivore | A carnivore -LSB- ˈkɑrnɪvɔər -RSB- meaning ` Meat Eater ' ( Latin , caro meaning ` meat ' or ` flesh ' and vorare meaning ` to devour ' ) is an organism that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue , whether through predation or scavenging . Animals tha... | |
California_(Phantom_Planet_song) | `` California '' is a song by American rock band Phantom Planet . It was released as a single from their second album The Guest in February 2002 . The song was first heard on television on episode 8 of the television show Fastlane . Both the song and the band received major attention when it became the title song on ... | |
California_State_Assembly | The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature . It consists of 80 members , with each member representing at least 465,000 people . Due to the state 's large population and relatively small legislature , the State Assembly has the largest population-per-representative ratio of any... | |
Carbon_cycle | The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere , pedosphere , geosphere , hydrosphere , and atmosphere of the Earth . Carbon is the main component of biological compounds as well as a major component of many minerals such as limestone . Along with the nitrogen cycle and th... | |
Carbonate | In chemistry , a carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid ( H2CO3 ) , characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion , a polyatomic ion with the formula of . The name may also mean an ester of carbonic acid , an organic compound containing the carbonate group C ( =O ) ( O -- ) 2 . The term is also used as a verb , to... | |
California_gubernatorial_election,_2014 | The 2014 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4 , 2014 , to elect the Governor of California , concurrently with elections for the rest of California 's executive branch , as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and v... | |
Carbon_fiber_reinforced_polymer | Carbon fiber reinforced polymer , carbon fiber reinforced plastic or carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic ( CFRP , CRP , CFRTP or often simply carbon fiber , or even carbon ) , is an extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastic which contains carbon fibers . The spelling ` fibre ' is common in British Commonwea... | |
California_State_University,_East_Bay | California State University , East Bay ( commonly referred to as Cal State East Bay , CSU East Bay , or CSUEB ) is a public university located in Hayward , California , United States . The university , as part of the 23-campus California State University system , offers 136 undergraduate and 60 post-baccalaureate areas... | |
Carbon_bubble | The carbon bubble is a hypothesized bubble in the valuation of companies dependent on fossil-fuel-based energy production , because the true costs of carbon dioxide in intensifying global warming are not yet taken into account in a company 's stock market valuation . Currently the price of fossil fuels companies ' shar... | |
Canada_and_the_Kyoto_Protocol | Canada was active in the negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 , and the Liberal government that signed the accord in 1997 also ratified it in parliament in 2002 . Canada 's Kyoto target was a 6 % total reduction by 2012 compared to 1990 levels of 461 Megatonnes ( Mt ) ( Government of Canada ( GC ) 1994 )... | |
Carbon_diet | A carbon diet refers to reducing the impact on climate change by reducing greenhouse gas production specifically , CO2 production . In today 's society , we produce CO2 in every day activities such as driving , heating , deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels such as coal , oil and gas . It has been found that c... | |
Calgary | Calgary ( -LSB- ˈkælɡəri , _ - ɡri -RSB- ) is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province , in an area of foothills and prairie , about 80 km east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies . The city anchors the south ... | |
CNN | The Cable News Network ( CNN ) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner . It was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel . Upon its launch , CNN was the first television channel to pro... | |
Canada_(unit) | The canada ( -LSB- kɐˈnaðɐ -RSB- ) was the unit of liquid volume of the ancient Portuguese measurement system . It was used in Portugal , Brazil and other parts of the Portuguese Empire until the adoption of the metric system . It was equivalent to 4 quartilhos ( pints ) . The exact value of the canada varied from regi... | |
Burt_Lake | Burt Lake is a 17,120 acre ( 69 km ² ) lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County . The lake is named after William Austin Burt , who , together with John Mullett , made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843 . The lake is approx... | |
Carnivorous_plant | Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients ( but not energy ) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans , typically insects and other arthropods . Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients , especially nitrogen , such as acidic b... | |
CO2_fertilization_effect | The fertilization effect or carbon fertilization effect suggests that the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases the rate of photosynthesis in plants . The effect varies by species and availability of water . From a quarter to half of Earth 's vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the la... | |
Carbon_footprint | A carbon footprint is historically defined as the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual , event , organisation , or product , expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent . In most cases , the total carbon footprint can not be exactly calculated because of inadequate knowledge of and data about the ... | |
Carbon_capture_and_storage_in_Australia | Carbon capture and storage ( CCS ) is an approach to mitigate global warming by capturing carbon dioxide from large point sources such as fossil fuel power plants and storing it instead of releasing it into the atmosphere . Carbon capture and storage is also used for Enhanced Oil Recovery to increase yield from declini... | |
Carbon_pricing_in_Australia | A carbon pricing scheme in Australia , commonly dubbed by its critics as a `` carbon tax '' , was introduced by the Gillard Labor Government in 2011 as the Clean Energy Act 2011 which came into effect on 1 July 2012 . It was in operation until it was repealed on 17 July 2014 , and backdated to 1 July 2014 . In its plac... | |
Canadian_Anti-Terrorism_Act | The Canadian Anti-terrorism Act ( Loi antiterroriste ) was passed by the Liberal government of Canada in response to the September 11 , 2001 , attacks in the United States . It received Royal Assent on December 18 , 2001 , as Bill C-36 . The `` omnibus '' bill extended the powers of government and institutions within t... | |
Cambrian_explosion | The Cambrian explosion or Cambrian radiation was the relatively short evolutionary event , beginning around in the Cambrian period , during which most major animal phyla appeared , as indicated by the fossil record . Lasting for about the next 20 -- 25 million years , it resulted in the divergence of most modern metazo... | |
California_station_(CTA_Blue_Line) | California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority 's ` L' system , serving the Blue Line , on North California Avenue near West Fullerton Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood . From California , trains run every 2 -- 7 minutes during rush-hour periods , and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop . It is not to be ... | |
California_Department_of_Transportation | The California Department of Transportation ( Caltrans ) is an executive department within the U.S. state of California . Caltrans manages the state highway system ( which includes the California Freeway and Expressway System ) and is involved with public transportation systems throughout the state . It supports Amtr... | |
Carotenoid | Carotenoids ( -LSB- kəˈrɒtɪnɔɪd -RSB- ) , also called tetraterpenoids , are organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae , as well as several bacteria and fungi . Carotenoids can be produced from fats and other basic organic metabolic building blocks by all these organisms . The only animals known to produce ... | |
California_(Blink-182_album) | California is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Blink-182 , released on July 1 , 2016 through BMG . Produced by John Feldmann , it is the first album by the band to feature vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba , who replaced former member Tom DeLonge . After touring and releasing the band 's sixth album Neigh... | |
Cambrian | The Cambrian Period ( -LSB- pronˈkæmbriən -RSB- or -LSB- ˈkeɪmbriən -RSB- ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era , of the Phanerozoic Eon . The Cambrian lasted 55.6 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 541 million years ago ( mya ) to the beginning of the Ordovician Period mya . ... | |
Capitol_Power_Plant | The Capitol Power Plant is a fossil-fuel burning power plant which provides steam and chilled water for the United States Capitol , the Supreme Court , the Library of Congress and 19 other buildings in the Capitol Complex . Located at 25 E St SE in southeast Washington , D.C. , it is the only coal-burning power plant i... | |
CLOUD_experiment | Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets or CLOUD is an experiment being run at CERN by a group of researchers led by Jasper Kirkby to investigate the microphysics between galactic cosmic rays ( GCRs ) and aerosols under controlled conditions . The experiment began operation in November 2009 . The primary goal is to understa... | |
California | California ( -LSB- kælᵻˈfɔːrnjə , _ - ni.ə -RSB- , ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U.S. , California is bordered by the other U.S. states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border wit... | |
Built_environment | In social science , the term built environment refers to the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity , ranging in scale from buildings to parks . It has been defined as `` the humanitarian-made space in which people live , work , and recreate on a day-to-day basis . '' The `` built environment... | |
Carbon_neutrality | Carbon neutrality , or having a net zero carbon footprint , refers to achieving net zero carbon emissions by balancing a measured amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount sequestered or offset , or buying enough carbon credits to make up the difference . It is used in the context of carbon dioxide releasing ... | |
Carbonic_acid | Not to be confused with Carbolic acid , an antiquated name for phenol . Carbonic acid is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H2CO3 ( equivalently OC ( OH ) 2 ) . It is also a name sometimes given to solutions of carbon dioxide in water ( carbonated water ) , because such solutions contain small amounts of H... | |
California_Current | The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America , beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Peninsula . It is considered an Eastern boundary current due to the influence of the North American coastline on its course . ... | |
Bølling-Allerød_warming | The Bølling-Allerød interstadial was an abrupt warm and moist interstadial period that occurred during the final stages of the last glacial period . This warm period ran from c. 14,700 to c. 12,700 years before the present ( BP ) . It began with the end of the cold period known as the Oldest Dryas , and ended abruptly ... | |
California_(novel) | California is a novel by American author Edan Lepucki described as `` post-apocalyptic dystopian fiction '' , in which characters Frida and Cal flee Los Angeles to live in the wilderness of post-apocalyptic California . The novel rose to prominence after Stephen Colbert urged his viewers to pre-order copies of the book... | |
C3_carbon_fixation | carbon fixation is one of three metabolic pathways for carbon fixation in photosynthesis , along with and CAM . This process converts carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate ( RuBP , a 5-carbon sugar ) into 3-phosphoglycerate through the following reaction : CO2 + H2O + RuBP → ( 2 ) 3-phosphoglycerate This reactio... | |
Burning_Man | Burning Man is an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock City -- a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada . The event is described as an experiment in community and art , influenced by 10 main principles : `` radical '' inclusion , self-reliance and self-expression , as well as community coo... | |
Carbon_capture_and_storage | Carbon capture and storage ( CCS ) ( or carbon capture and sequestration ) is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide from large point sources , such as fossil fuel power plants , transporting it to a storage site , and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere , normally an underground geological form... |
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