Letter S - Sustainable development dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Saproxlyic Saproxylic organisms, from the Greek words sapros, rotting, ...	Schweizerhalle disaster The Schweizerhalle disaster happened in December 1986. ...
Scraping Scraping is a technique for working the soil used in ...	Second generation biofuel Second generation biofuels are the successors of today's ...
Secondary energy Secondary energy is any energy obtained by transformation, ...	Semi hybrid A semi hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that has a higher degree ...
Sensitive Natural Space Sensitive Natural Spaces (Espaces Naturels Sensibles, or ENS ...	Seveso disaster In 1976, a reactor in the ICMESA factory, a subsidiary of ...
Sewage sludge Sewage sludge is residue from the treatment of liquid ...	Shark feeding Shark feeding designates the tourist activity that consists ...
Shipwreck of the Ievoli Sun The Ievoli Sun chemical tanker sank in the English Channel, ...	Slurry pipeline The term slurry pipeline has two meanings, one that dates ...
Smart Meter A smart meter is an energy meter (usually an electricity ...	Smog Smog, a word created from combining smoke and fog, is a ...
Solar energy Solar energy is the energy transmitted by the Sun in the ...	Solar panel A solar panel is a system designed to collect energy from ...
Solar power station An installation that produces energy from sunlight. A ...	Soot Soot is a black carbonised deposit with an oily appearance. ...
Special conservation zone The European Flora Fauna Habitat directive which supplements ...	Special protection area Special protection areas (SPA) are areas included in the ...