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Try to remember one species for each of the taxonomic classification to remember their characteristics. For example - Mollusca-Octopus, Crustaceans-Crab etc.
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Fauna
Bio Remediation
Pollution
Flora
Protected Areas
Climate Change
Renewable Energy + Alt Energy
Agriculture
- Red Tide - phytoplankton ( noctiluca scintillans )
- Bioluminescence - emit light due to energy released from enzyme catalysed oxidation reaction, two chemicals - luciferin and luciferase (photoprotein)
- Green Credit - singular unit of incentive provided for delivering positive impact on environment, similar to carbon credit
- Green washing - any deceptive or misleading practice - concealing, omitting or hiding info, exaggerating, vague or false claims, unsustained false claims. Use of misleading words, symbols, imagery, placing positive environment aspects while downplaying or concealing harmful attributes.
- Keeling Curve - record of atm CO2 from Mauna Loa Observatory since 1958. 4.7 ppm March 2024.
- Greenium (Green Premium) - pricing benefits on the logic that investors are willing to pay extra or accept lower yields in exchange of sustainable impacts (UNDP). ie, Additional cost of choosing clean technology over ghg emitting ones.
- Carbons-
- Just Energy - greening the economy, fair and inclusive, leaving no one behind, Just Transition Declaration (UN Climate Change Conf in Scotland (COP26);
- Underground Coal Gasification - UCG