Rumex patientia, known as patience dock, garden patience, herb patience, or monk's rhubarb, is a herbaceous perennial plant species of the genus Rumex, belonging to the family Polygonaceae. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex_patientia)
A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava and are not necessarily driven by magmatic activity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_volcano)
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Formations created created when mud and sand under the surface are squeezed upward by compressive forces and/or gas - commonly found in areas rich in oil and natural gas.
Electric organs, found in six groups of fishes, are structures specialized to generate electric fields in the animals’ external environment. (Bennett M.V.L. (1988) Electric Organs, Fishes. In: Comparative Neuroscience and Neurobiology. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6776-3_13)
Whether they are drifting or moored, data buoys measure and transmit automatically, in a predictable and controlled way, communicating in real time via satellite telecommunication systems. Data buoy observations make significant contributions to our ability to model, understand and describe global weather and climate on all time and space scales. (http://dbcp.jcommops.org/platforms/types.html)
The equator is an imaginary circle on Earth, which is perpendicular to the Earth's axis and runs midway between the two poles of the axis, the North Pole and the South Pole. The equator divides the Earth into a northern and a southern hemisphere. (Translated from https://snl.no/ekvator)
Inflammation of both larynx and trachea. (FAOTERM. Laryngotracheitis. Entry: 179039 - Collection: FAOTERM. https://www.fao.org/faoterm/en/ Cited 30 October 2023)
An elongated, meandering depression, usually occurring on a gently sloping plain or fan. (IHO. 2019. Standardization of Undersea Feature Names/ Padronização dos Nomes das
Formas. https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/bathy/B-6_e4%202%200_Eng_Por_versao-final_17Dec2020.pdf)
Applies to large-scale oceanic water movement, density-driven, at depths between 2 and 6 km. (Johnson, R.K., B.J. Zahuranec, D. Boltovskoy and A.C. Pierrot-Bults. 2000. Glossary of Pelagic Biogeographic Terms. https://scor-int.org/Working_Groups/WG93_Glossary.pdf)
Bush encroachment is the invasion and/or thickening of aggressive undesired woody species resulting in an imbalance of the grass to bush ratio, a decrease in biodiversity, and a decrease in carrying capacity. (De Klerk, J.N., 2004. Bush encroachment in Namibia: Report on phase 1 of the bush encroachment research, monitoring, and management project. Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Directorate of Environmental Affairs.)
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The term bush encroachment refers to the expansion of native plants and not the spread of alien invasive species. It is thus defined by plant density, not species.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). As the largest regulatory project-based mechanism, the CDM offers the public and private sector in high-income nations the opportunity to purchase carbon credits from offset projects in low or middle-income nations. (Carbon Offset Guide, 2024. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). https://offsetguide.org/understanding-carbon-offsets/carbon-offset-programs/united-nations-offset-mechanisms/clean-development-mechanism-cdm/)
