Contents  

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

A

• Abiotic
• About
• About This Website FAQ
• ABS
• Acid, Amino
• Acid, Carbonic
• Acid Rain
• Acidification, Ocean
• Acidification, Soil
• Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
• Activity, Human
• Advantage, Comparative
• Afforestation
• Air Pollution
• Alternative Energy
• Aluminum
• Amenity, Pedestrian
• Amino Acid
• Ammonification
• AMOC
• Anthropogenic
• Aquifer
• Archaea
• Area, Wilderness
• Ash, Fly
• Asphalt
• Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
• Atmosphere
• Atom
• Automobile
• Automobile, Electric, FAQ



B

• Bacteria
• Bamboo
• Benzene
• Biodegradation
• Biodiversity
• Biodiversity FAQ
• Biofuel
• Biogas
• Biogeochemical Cycle
• Biomass
• Biome
• Biome, Temperate
• Biomolecule
• Bioplastic
• Biosphere
• Biota
• Bollard
• Bottom Line, Triple
• Broadleaf
• Brownfield



C

• Calcium
• Cane Toad
• Canopy
• Capacity, Carrying
• Carbon
• Carbon Capture
• Carbon Cycle
• Carbon Cycle, Oceanic
• Carbon Dioxide
• Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
• Carbon Footprint
• Carbon, Low, Economy
• Carbon Monoxide
• Carbon Sequestration
• Carbon Sink
• Carbonic Acid
• Carcinogen
• Carrying Capacity
• Catalyst
• Chain, Food
• Chemical Reaction
• Chloride, Polyvinyl
• Circular Economy
• City, Fifteen-Minute
• Clean Coal
• Climate Change
• Climate, Temperate
• Climax Community
• Coal
• Coal, Clean
• Cobalt
• Co-benefit
• Code, Resin Identification
• Coding, Light Weight
• Commuting
• Comparative Advantage
• Complete Street
• Composite
• Compound
• Compound, Organic
• Compound, Organophosphorus
• Compound, Volatile Organic
• Congestion, Traffic
• Congestion Pricing
• Conservation
• Conservation, Energy
• Conservation of Nature, International Union for
• Contact
• Corridor, Wildlife
• Cover
• Cryptocurrency
• Cultivar
• Cycle, Biogeochemical
• Cycle, Carbon
• Cycle, Nitrogen
• Cycle, Nutrient
• Cycle, Oceanic Carbon
• Cycle, Oxygen
• Cycle, Phosphorus



D

• Data Center
• Day, Earth
• Decarbonization
• Demand, Induced
• Depetrochemicalization
• Depletion, Ozone
• Deforestation
• Desertification
• Development, Leapfrog
• Diet, Road
• Dioxin
• Domain
• Dust, Resuspended
• Dust, Road



E

• Earth Day
• Ecological Succession
• Ecology
• Economy, Circular
• Economy, Hydrogen
• Economy, Low-Carbon
• Ecosystem
• Ecosystem, Mature
• Ecotone
• Edge Habitat
• Edge Species
• Efficiency, Energy
• Electric Automobile FAQ
• Element
• Element, Organic
• Emission, Zero, Vehicle
• Endangered Species
• Endemic Species
• Energy Conservation
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy, Alternative
• Energy, Solar
• Engine, Internal Combustion
• Environment Crisis FAQ
• Environmentally Friendly
• Enzyme
• Equivalent, Carbon Dioxide
• Erosion, Soil
• Ethane
• Ethanol
• Ethylene
• Eukaryote
• Eutrophication
• Evergreen
• Exotic Species
• Expression, Gene
• Externality
• Extinction
• Extinction, Holocene
• Extinction, Mass



F

• FAQ, About This Website
• FAQ, Biodiversity
• FAQ, Electric Automobile
• FAQ, Environment Crisis
• FAQ, Fossil Fuels and Petrochemicals
• FAQ, Light Rail
• FAQ, Nuclear Power
• FAQ, Urban Design
• Fauna
• Feedback Loop, Negative
• Feeder, Opportunistic
• Fertilizer
• Fertilizer, Organic
• Fiber, Synthetic
• Fixation, Nitrogen
• Flora
• Fly Ash
• Food Chain
• Footprint, Carbon
• Forest
• Fossil Fuel
• Fossil Fuels and Petrochemicals FAQ
• Fracking
• Free Trade
• Freeway
• Freeway Removal
• Freeway Revolt
• Fresh Water
• Friendly, Environmentally
• Fuel, Fossil
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Fungus



G

• Gas, Greenhouse
• Gasoline
• Gene
• Gene Expression
• Genetic Diversity
• Giant Panda
• Glacier
• Global Warming
• Glyphosate
• Grassland
• Green Hydrogen
• Green Revolution
• Greenbelt
• Greenhouse Gas
• Greenwashing
• Greyfield
• Groundwater
• Groundwater Pollution



H

• Habitat
• Habitat, Edge
• Habitat Fragmentation
• Hardwood
• Helium
• Herbicide
• Herring, Red
• High-Density Polyethylene
• High-speed Rail
• Hoax
• Holocene Extinction
• Home Page
• Horsecar
• Human Activity
• Humus
• Hydrocarbon
• Hydrogen
• Hydrogen Economy
• Hydrogen, Green
• Hydrogen Sulfide



I

• Ice Cap
• Ice Cap, Polar
• Ice Sheet
• Induced Demand
• Industrial Revolution
• Industrialization
• Internal Combustion Engine
• International Union for Conservation of Nature
• Intertidal Zone
• Iron
• Isotope
• IUCN



K

• Kelp
• Keystone Species
• Kingdom
• Koala



L

• Layer, Ozone
• Lead
• Leapfrog Development
• Least Cost Planning
• Level, Trophic
• Lichen
• Life
• Light Rail
• Light Rail FAQ
• Light Weight Coding
• Limestone
• Lithium
• Lot, Parking
• Low-Carbon Economy



M

• Magnesium
• Mall, Transit
• Mangrove Forest
• Markings, Road
• Mass
• Mass Extinction
• Material, Reference
• Matter, Organic
• Mature Ecosystem
• Maximum Benefits Planning
• Megafauna
• Meridional Overturning Circulation, Atlantic
• Mesosphere
• Metal, Rare Earth
• Methane
• Metric Ton
• Microbe
• Microbead
• Microhabitat
• Micrometer
• Micron
• Micronutrient
• Microplastics
• Migration, Wildlife
• Modal Shift
• Mode
• Molecular Recycling
• Molecule
• Molybdenum
• Monoxide, Carbon
• Monsanto
• Mutagen
• Mutation
• Mutualism



N

• Nanometer
• Native Species
• Natural Gas
• Negative Feedback Loop
• Nearshoring
• Neighborhood, Ten-minute
• Net Zero
• Nickel
• Nitric Oxide
• Nitrogen
• Nitrogen Cycle
• Nitrogen Fixation
• Nitrogen Oxide
• Nuclear Power FAQ
• Nutrient
• Nutrient Cycle



O

• Obesity
• Obsolescence, Planned
• Ocean Acidification
• Oceanic Carbon Cycle
• Oil, Palm
• Opportunistic Feeder
• Order
• Organelle
• Organic Compound
• Organic Compound, Volatile
• Organic Element
• Organic Fertilizer
• Organic Matter
• Organism
• Organophosphorus Compound
• Oxide, Nitric
• Oxide, Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Oxygen Cycle
• Ozone
• Ozone Depletion
• Ozone Layer



P

• Palm Oil
• Panda, Giant
• Paraquat
• Parking Lot
• Particulate Matter
• Passive Use Value
• Peat
• Pedestrian Amenity
• Pedestrianization
• Pedosphere
• Permafrost
• Petrochemicals
• Petroleum
• PFAS
• pH
• Phenotype
• Phosphorus
• Phosphorus Cycle
• Photosynthesis
• Planned Obsolescence
• Planning, Least Cost
• Planning, Maximum Benefits
• Plant, Vascular
• Plastic
• Plasticizer
• Poaching
• Point Tipping
• Polar Ice Cap
• Pollution
• Pollution, Air
• Pollution, Groundwater
• Polluter Pay Principle
• Polyethylene, High-Density
• Polymer
• Polymerization
• Polypropylene
• Polyvinyl Chloride
• PVC
• Potassium
• Pricing, Congestion
• Principle, Polluter Pay
• Protein
• Protozoa



Q

• Quality of Life
• Questions, Frequently Asked



R

• Radioactive Waste
• Radionuclide
• Rail, High-speed
• Rail, Light
• Rain, Acid
• Rainforest
• Rainforest, Tropical
• Rapid Transit
• Rare Earth Metal
• Reaction, Chemical
• Recent Changes
• Recycling, Molecular
• Recycling Symbol, Universal
• Red Herring
• Red List, IUCN
• Reference Material
• Reforestation
• Removal, Freeway
• Reshoring
• Resin Identification Code
• Resistance, Rolling
• Resource
• Restoration, Wetland
• Resuspended Dust
• Revolt, Freeway
• Revolution, Green
• Revolution, Industrial
• Rewilding
• Road Diet
• Road Dust
• Road Markings
• Rolling Resistance
• Rubber Tire



S

• Sand, Tar
• Savanna
• Shift, Modal
• Shrub
• Silicon
• Sitemap
• Smog
• Sodium
• Soil
• Soil Acidification
• Soil Erosion
• Solar Energy
• Species
• Species, Edge
• Species, Endangered
• Species, Endemic
• Species, Exotic
• Species, Keystone
• Species, Native
• Species, Umbrella
• Species, Vulnerable
• Sprawl
• Stratosphere
• Straw Man
• Street, Complete
• Styrene, Acrylonitrile Butadiene
• Succession, Ecological
• Sulfide, Hydrogen
• Sulfur
• Sustainability
• Swamp
• Synthetic Fiber



T

• Tar Sand
• Temperate Biome
• Temperate Climate
• Ten-minute Neighborhood
• Tide
• Tipping Point
• Tire, Rubber
• Toad, Cane
• Ton, Metric
• Topsoil
• Trace Element
• Trade, Free
• Traffic Congestion
• Transit Mall
• Transit, Rapid
• Transpiration
• Triple Bottom Line
• Tropical Rainforest
• Trophic Level
• Tropopause
• Troposphere
• Tundra



U

• Umbrella Species
• Universal Recycling Symbol
• Upcycling
• Uranium
• Urban Design FAQ
• Urbanization



V

• Value, Passive Use
• Vascular Plant
• Vehicle, Zero-Emission
• Virus
• Vitamin
• Volatile Organic Compound
• Vulnerable Species



W

• Walkability
• Warming, Global
• Waste, Radioactive
• Water
• Water Body
• Water Cycle
• Water, Fresh
• Water Vapor
• Website, About This, FAQ
• Wetland
• Wetland Restoration
• Wilderness Area
• Wildlife Corridor
• Wildlife Migration
• Woodland



Y

• Yeast



Z

• Zero-Emission Vehicle
• Zone, Intertidal