Environment Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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belt air n. Stricken from Yonts’ bill was a provision that would have barred the use of conveyor-belt tunnels for coal-mine ventilation. “Belt air,” as it is known in the industry, may contain coal dust and toxic chemicals, and is considered a grave hazard by mine-safety advocates, who say it can feed fires and expose miners to harmful airborne substances. The industry, by contrast, contends that the use of belt air is safe if certain precautions are taken. [English Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 26, 2007)

benthic barrier n. Where the watermilfoil is too dense for that approach (scientists have found as many as 300 stems per square meter), divers fasten huge sheets of plastic, called benthic barriers, to the lake bottom to blot out the sun.…“We have two locations we have been working with the benthic mats where we’ll return, and we’ll add four more locations.” [English Environment Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 12, 2007)

bergy adj. “Most of the bergs’ ice is underwater, and they sometimes capsize or calve, so you have to be careful,” he cautions as we paddle near a “bergy bit,” the term for a house-size formation. [English Environment Nautical] [full cite] (Jun. 23, 2008)

big dry n. The “big dry”, as the drought is called here, is likely to cut agricultural output by 20% and GDP by around 0.7%, government officials say. [English Australia Environment] [full cite] (Nov. 10, 2006)

Biltmore stick n. He wore a backpack with a G.P.S. receiver and carried, in one hand, a data collection unit resembling a portable credit card machine, and in the other, a strip of wood known as a Biltmore stick.…The Biltmore stick, for example, was developed around the middle of the 18th century to determine a tree trunk’s diameter. [English Environment Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 7, 2008)

bio-slurping n. The USFK has argued that it made efforts that “go beyond’” the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between South Korea and the United States by removing polluted underground storage tanks inside camps, removing lead and copper left at former firing ranges using an advanced technique called “bio-slurping,” treating petroleum-contaminated soil by creating vents in the land and skimming fuel from groundwater. [English Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2007)

bioconservative n. Threatening that future, writes Ronald Bailey, are bioconservatives. A loose coalition of both the political left and right, they seek to halt the creation of this new world fearing a change in what it means to be human. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Environment Politics] [full cite] (Mar. 18, 2006)

biological supermarket n. According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, wetlands are “among the most productive ecosystems in the world, comparable to rain forests and coral reefs.” The EPA’s website refers to them as “biological supermarkets,” due to the “great volumes of food that attract many animal species.” [English Environment] [full cite] (Jan. 27, 2008)

biophony n. Krause coined the term, “biophony,” referring to the biotic (group of animals living together) symphony in an ecosystem. [English Biology Environment Science] [full cite] (Jul. 9, 2004)

bioslurping n. USFK also plans to use a technique called “bioslurping,” which treats petroleum-contaminated soils by both creating vents in the land and skimming fuel from the groundwater. [English Environment Petroleum] [full cite] (Apr. 17, 2006)

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