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Biodiversity
DescriptionBiodiversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a
measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level. Terrestrial biodiversity is
usually greater near the equator, which is the result of the warm climate and high primary
productivity.

2. de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion
The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought,
deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

3. Salinization
Refers to a build up of salts in soil, eventually to toxic levels for plants. (3,000 - 6,000 ppm salt
results in trouble for most cultivated plants.) Salt in soils decreases the osmotic potential of
the soil so that plants can't take up water from it.

4. Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of
organism lives. It is characterized by both physical and biological features. A species' habitat is
those places where it can find food, shelter, protection and mates for reproduction.

5. Hinterland
DescriptionHinterland is a German word meaning "the land behind". The term's use in English
was first documented by geographer George Chisholm in his Handbook of Commercial
Geography.

6. Ecological Balance
DescriptionThe balance of nature is a theory that proposes that ecological systems are usually
in a stable equilibrium or homeostasis, which is to say that a small change will be corrected by
some negative feedback that will bring the parameter back to its original "point of balance"
with the rest of the system.
 7. Salutation
Description a salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other written or non-written
communication. Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in
an English letter is Dear followed by the recipient's given name or title.

8. Red tide
Description Red tide is a common name for algal blooms, which are large concentrations of
aquatic microorganisms, such as protozoans and unicellular algae. The upwelling of nutrients
from the sea floor, often following massive storms, provides for the algae and triggers bloom
events.

9. Global Climate change

DescriptionClimate change occurs when changes in Earth's climate system result in new
weather patterns that last for at least a few decades, and maybe for millions of years. The
climate system comprises five interacting parts, the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere,
biosphere, and lithosphere.

10.Ozone Layer
DescriptionThe ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs
most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. It contains high concentration of ozone in relation to
other parts of the atmosphere, although still small in relation to other gases in the
stratosphere.