Harbours may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters, sea walls, or jetties or they can be constructed by dredging, which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. (Wikipedia, 2024. Harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor)
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Purpose-built anchorages constructed on an open coast. Use of a more specific term is recommended
An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase, usually using individual initial letters. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym)
A rock resulting from the consolidation of loose sediment that has accumulated in layers. Some forms of sedimentary rock are formed as chemical precipitates, such as salt and some forms of limestone. (Alberta: Naturally! Glossary for the Nature of Alberta. https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/abnature/glossary.htm)
Environmental migrants are persons or groups of persons who, predominantly for reasons of sudden or progressive change in the environment that adversely affects their lives or living conditions, are obliged to leave their habitual homes, or choose to do so, either temporarily or permanently, and who move either within their country or abroad. (Sironi, A. C. Bauloz and M. Emmanuel (eds.), 2019. Glossary on Migration. International Migration Law, No. 34. International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva.
https://publications.iom.int/books/international-migration-law-ndeg34-glossary-migration)
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International legal definition of refugee makes it inappropriate to use the term environmental refugee in a general context; it is constructive to speak of environmental migrants or environmentally displaced persons.
Haze: Suspension aggregation of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles in the atmosphere giving the air an opalescent appearance. (TRG(A10.6)/GICM, FAO, 2005. Wildland Fire Management Terminology, FAO)
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Haze is a slightly different phenomenon than fog. Haze is a suspension of extremely small, dry particles in the air, not water droplets. These particles are invisible to the naked eye, but sufficient to give the air an opalescent appearance.
Soya bean oil (soybean oil) is derived from soya beans (seeds of Glycine max (L.) Merr.) (FAO & WHO. 2022. Standard for Named Vegetable Oils. Codex Standard, No. CXS 210-1999. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
An S wave, or shear wave, is a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving. (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=S%20wave)
Dome-shaped glacier usually covering a highland area. (World Meteorological Organization. 2012. International Glossary of Hydrology. Ice cap. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000221862)
A scatterometer or diffusionmeter is a scientific instrument to measure the return of a beam of light or radar waves scattered by diffusion in a medium such as air. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatterometer)
Green tea is a type of tea that is made from Camellia sinensis leaves and buds that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process used to make oolong teas and black teas. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea)
A househusband is a man in a household who does all or many of the chores such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for children. (https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/househusband)