Heatwaves consist of period of abnormally hot weather that can last from a few days to months where the maximum and minimum temperatures are unusually high to a location. The minimum temperature is as important as the maximum temperature as cooler nights allow the body to recover and if the nights are unusually hot, higher temperatures will be reached earlier in the day and last for longer. (WMO, 2026. Heatwave. https://wmo.int/topics/heatwave)
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Reference to extreme heat is commonly made in the context of heatwaves. Whereas extreme heat is defined solely by temperature magnitude, heatwaves include a temporal dimension of unspecified duration ranging from days to months. A spatial dimension of extent is also occasionally included in defining heatwaves.
The angle at a point on the Earth (geoid) between the vertical (direction of the plumb line) and the direction of the normal to the ellipsoid of reference through the point.. (NSPS. 2005. Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms)
Beach cusps are shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern. The horns are made up of coarser material and the embayment contains finer sediment. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_cusps)
A species of insect in the family Geotrupidae of the order Coleoptera, with adults measuring 25 mm in length and having a bluish, shiny dark color, whose adults and larvae feed on animal feces and are found around tuberous plants such as carrots. (Translated from Türkçe Terim Bilimleri Sözlüğü, Mühendislik Bilimleri, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA), 2019.)
Cultural capital is usually defined as set of social features that provide individuals with social mobility and the possibility of changing their hierarchical position in systems such as wealth, power, prestige, education, and health. Cultural capital thus affects the processes of social promotion or degradation. It also includes social characteristics that allow horizontal mobility, that is, changes in social group membership. (Klimczuk, Andrzej. (2014). Cultural Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10.2139/ssrn.2630495.)
Public policy is a course of action chosen by public authorities to solve a problem, address an issue. Public policy is expressed in the body of laws, regulations, policy frameworks, implemented through programmes and projects. (http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/fapda/docs/FAPDA_policy_classification_April2015.pdf)
Fishing through holes cut in the ice. (FAO. 1978. Glossary of inland fishery terms, EIFAC Occasional Paper No. 12 https://www.fao.org/4/ae987b/AE987B01.htm)
The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 300467) with original publication details: Fl. Kavkaza 1: 234 1928. (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-300467)
In a chemical reaction, chemical equilibrium is the state in which both the reactants and products are present in concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time, so that there is no observable change in the properties of the system. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_equilibrium)
Species is endemic when found only in a certain strictly limited geographical region, i.e. restricted to a specified region or locality. (FRA, FAO, 2000)
Diflufenican is a grasses and broadleaved weed herbicide. It has a low aqueous solubility and a low volatility. It may be moderately persistent in soil systems depending on local conditions. It can also be very persistent in aquatic systems depending on local conditions. CAS No. 83164-33-4. (Lewis, K.A., Tzilivakis, J., Warner, D. and Green, A. (2016) An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 22(4), 1050-1064. DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2015.1133242)
Swine dysentery (SD) is a severe, infectious disease characterized by mucohemorrhagic diarrhea and marked inflammation limited to the large intestine (cecum and/or colon). (Iowa State University. Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, 2024. Swine Dysentery https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/FSVD/swine/index-diseases/swine-dysentery)
