- Industry: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Problem analysis based on informal judgment or experience versus data manipulation; a guideline or rule of thumb that is normally effective in dealing with a given situation.
Industry:Natural environment
The relationship between the two strands of a double helix of DNA. Thymine in one strand pairs with adenine in the other strand, and cytosine in one strand pairs with guanine in the other strand.
Industry:Natural environment
Transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus or phage vector.
Industry:Natural environment
A condition in which an organism mounts an immune response against one of its own organs or tissues; i.e., an organism's immune system attacking its own body.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of organic compounds, including the fats, oils, waxes, steroids, and triglycerides, that are insoluble in water but soluble in common organic solvents, and are oily to the touch. Together with carbohydrates and proteins, lipids constitute the principal structural materials of cells.
Industry:Natural environment
A multi-disciplinary approach to science that recognizes the limitations of traditional scientific inquiry in dealing with the complex reality of social institutions interacting with natural phenomena. Sustainability science seeks to improve on the substantial but limited understanding of nature-society interactions gained in recent decades. This has been achieved through work in the environmental sciences estimating and evaluating human impacts, and evidence from social and development studies that takes into account environmental influences on human well-being. Urgently needed is a better understanding of the complex dynamic interactions between society and nature so that the trend towards increasing vulnerability is reversed.
Industry:Natural environment
A sediment type composed of fragments of organic skeletal materials.
Industry:Natural environment
An animal that is able to maintain a body temperature that varies only within narrow limits by means of internal mechanisms. Most birds and mammals are considered endothermic; also called homeothermal or "warm blooded".
Industry:Natural environment
An unstable isotope of an element that decays or disintegrates spontaneously, emitting radiation.
Industry:Natural environment
