The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environment. Environmental Reporting Communicating information about interrelationships between man and his environment between man and the natural and man-made environment, events or conditions. The loss of surface soil through the action of precipitation and wind. The airborne combustion residue from burning coal or other fuels. Consists mainly of various oxides and silicates.
Major sources are pulvarized coal-burning boilers.
Gamma ray irradiation Experimental hazardous waste chemical treatment method that disinfects waste by using gamma radiation to destroy disease-causing organisms. Gamma rays Electromagnetic rays similar to X-rays, emitted in an unstable atom's nucleus, which travel in straight paths at the speed of light, penetrate matter readily, but do not make the material radioactive. They penetrate a greater area than alpha or beta rays, but do less damage because they are weaker form of radiation. The theory that continued burning of fossil fuels will increase concentrations of carbon thereby trapping dioxide in the atmosphere, additional heat and moisture. Some scientists theorize that in time this could create a hothouse effect, raising the temperature of the earth, causing glaciers to melt and the sea level to rise.