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- Dictionarysurroundings/səˈraʊndɪŋz/
plural
- 1. the things and conditions around a person or thing: "I took up the time admiring my surroundings"
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5 days ago · Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems. This is done within a variety of landscape scales, development spatial patterns, and organizational levels of research and policy.
5 days ago · self-aware: 1 adj aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts Synonyms: self-conscious conscious knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
3 days ago · The word ecology was coined by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, who applied the term oekologie to the “relation of the animal both to its organic as well as its inorganic environment.”. The word comes from the Greek oikos, meaning “household,” “home,” or “place to live.”. Thus, ecology deals with the organism and its environment.
3 days ago · Using 'awareness', however, as a definition or synonym of consciousness is not a simple matter: If awareness of the environment . . . is the criterion of consciousness, then even the protozoans are conscious. If awareness of awareness is required, then it is doubtful whether the great apes and human infants are conscious. [26]
3 days ago · Environment friendly processes, or environmental-friendly processes (also referred to as eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green ), are sustainability and marketing terms referring to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment. [1]
3 days ago · Air pollution, release into the atmosphere of various gases, finely divided solids, or finely dispersed liquid aerosols at rates that exceed the natural capacity of the environment to dissipate and dilute or absorb them. High concentrations can cause undesirable health, economic, or aesthetic effects.
1 hour ago · In her appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court, the plaintiff argued that the Vance definition of supervisor was too narrow for use in hostile work environment claims under the CFEPA. She urged the court to hold that the program service coordinator exercised sufficient control over employee working conditions to render the employer liable for abuse of such "supervisory" power.
