When a wave reaches a beach or coastline, it releases a burst of energy that generates a current, which runs parallel to the shoreline. This type of current is called a “longshore current.” (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/03coastal2.html)
An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of sea water generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current)
All foods for human consumption grown in, or harvested from, water. They include foods from all types of algae and aquatic animals (fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals, with the exception of aquatic mammals and reptiles). (FAO. 2024. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 – Blue Transformation in action. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0683en)
Akabane virus (AKAV) is an insect-borne virus belonging to the genus Orthobunyavirus of the family Peribunyaviridae. It is the etiologic agent of Akabane disease, which emerged in Asia, Australia, and the Middle East causing severe economic losses among domestic and wild animals. (Metwally S, Bkear N, Samir M, Hamada R, Elshafey B, Batiha G, Almanaa TN, Sobhy K, Badr Y. The First Serological Detection and Risk Factors Analysis of Akabane Virus in Egyptian Cattle. Animals. 2023; 13(11):1849. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13111849)
Night or nighttime is the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours,when the Sun is below the horizon. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night)
A process that places the findings, outputs and recommendations of water accounting into a broader framework comprising governance, institutions, public and private expenditure, legislation, services delivery and the wider political economy of specified domains. (Water accounting and auditing - A sourcebook, FAO Water Reports No. 43, 2017 (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5923e.pdf).)
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It goes one step further than water accounting by placing trends in water supply, demand, accessibility and use in the broader context of governance, institutions, public and private expenditure, legislation and the wider political economy of water of specified domains.
Neospora hughesi is a protozoan apicomplexan parasite that can cause equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in horses, though Sarcocystis neurona is the most common etiologic agent causing EPM. (Adapted from Equine Infectious Diseases, Second Edition 2014 and Diagnostic Techniques in Equine Medicine (Second Edition), 2009.)
Maize stripe virus is a tenuivirus species that induces stippling symptoms between leaf veins on corn (Zea mays L.), which later can coalesce into continuous chlorotic stripes. Furthermore, infection of young plants often leads to stunting and dramatic “hoja blanca” or white leaf symptoms. (Bolus S, Braithwaite KS, Grinstead SC, Fuentes-Bueno I, Beiriger R, Falk BW, Mollov D. Completion of Maize Stripe Virus Genome Sequence and Analysis of Diverse Isolates. Front Microbiol. 2021 Jun 14;12:684599. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.684599. PMID: 34194416; PMCID: PMC8238005.)
The process of generating electricity by harnessing the energy of flowing or falling water. This renewable energy source relies on the water cycle, which is continuously replenished by precipitation and evaporation. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Microstegium vimineum, commonly known as Japanese stiltgrass, packing grass, or Nepalese browntop, is an annual grass that is common in a wide variety of habitats and is well adapted to low light levels. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microstegium_vimineum)
