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  2. Natural environment - Wikipedia

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    Earth's layered structure: (1) inner core; (2) outer core; (3) lower mantle; (4) upper mantle; (5) lithosphere; (6) crust. Earth science generally recognizes four spheres, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere and the biosphere [3] as correspondent to rocks, water, air and life respectively.

  3. Environment - Wikipedia

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    Ecology, the branch of ethology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings; Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties.

  4. Portal:Environment - Wikipedia

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    Population density and economic disparities shape mental health . Environmental psychology is a branch of psychology that explores the relationship between humans and the external world.

  5. List of environmental organizations - Wikipedia

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    An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.

  6. Environmental studies - Wikipedia

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    Environmental studies (EVS or EVST) is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment.Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, [1] and social sciences [2] to address complex contemporary environmental issues.

  7. United States Environmental Protection Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [3]

  8. Built environment - Wikipedia

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    Buildings are used for a multitude of purposes: residential, commercial, community, institutional, and governmental. Building interiors are often designed to mediate external factors and provide space to conduct activities, whether that is to sleep, eat, work, etc. [12] The structure of the building helps define the space around it, giving form to how individuals move through the space around ...

  9. Environmentally friendly - Wikipedia

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    Environment friendly processes, or environmental-friendly processes (also referred to as eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green), are sustainability and marketing terms referring to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment.