Core

Core Program Cooperative Agreement
An assistance agreement whereby EPA supports states or tribal governments with funds to help defray the cost of non-item-specific administrative and training activities.
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core grade
Quality rating, based on standard evaluation criteria established by the US Office of Pesticide Programs regulatory agencies, given to toxicological studies after submission by registrants.

core : The uranium-containing heart of a nuclear reactor, where energy is released.

C core set of indicators
Definition (english only)
For the EEA the core set of indicators is a set of story lines by theme/sector, clusters of indicators by theme/sector grouped by generic and more specific policy questions, ...

Ice Core
What is it?
A tube of ice that scientists drill out of a glacier or an ice sheet. Ice forms in layers and sometimes traps air bubbles, pollen, and dust. Ice cores are usually a few inches wide and can be thousands of feet deep.

Ice Core - Often used by humans to determine the historic chemical composition of the atmosphere; ...

reactor core The heat source of a nuclear power plant consisting of a number of fuel assemblies grouped side by side.

Core: A continuous columnar sample of subsurface material extracted from a borehole. Such a sample preserves the features of the sampled material.

Case Raises Core Questions about Regulating Global Warming
The case centers on a Clean Air Act provision that requires the U.S.

acidity profile The acid concentration in ice core layers as a function of depth as determined from electrical measurements.

Centre for Ice and Climate Based in the University of Copenhagen, the Centre for Ice and Climate analyzes and interprets data derived from ice core samples from the earths coldest regions, particularly from Greenland.

LITOSPHERE The lithosphere consists of the rock and the inner core of the earth below the point where living organisms are active. The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the upper mantle, which is roughly synonymous with the term "plate".

The current observed amount of CO2 exceeds the geological record of CO2 maxima (~300 ppm) from ice core data (Hansen, J., Climate Change, 61, 269, 2005).

Nucleus: The small, central, positively charged central core of an atom. Except for the nucleus of ordinary (light) hydrogen, which has a single proton, all atomic nuclei contain both protons and neutrons.

Hypothermia:a condition characterized by a drop in core body temperature from the normal 98.6°F (37.3°C) to 95°F (35.3°C) or lower.
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High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLRW): Waste generated in core fuel of a nuclear reactor, found at nuclear reactors or by nuclear fuel reprocessing; is a serious threat to anyone who comes near the waste without shielding.

An elongated hill having a veneer of glacial drift over a rock core.
rockland
An area of which usually 25% to 90% is occupied by rock outcrops and most of the remainder by shallow soils. A miscellaneous land type.

While pouring water over your head might feel good; it does not have any affect on your core body temperature -- make sure you put plenty of water and other fluids into your body.
Always wear light-colored and loose-fitting clothing.

A coin that has an outer layer of copper-nickel (sometimes silver) bonded to a center core of a different metal. Has been the primary metallic composition of US dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars since 1965.
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pole shader. A copper bar circling the laminated iron core inside the coil of a magnetic starter.
pollutant. Generally, any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource.

countries and economies in transition listed in Annex 1 of the UNFCCC. Their responsibilities under the Convention are various, and include a non-binding commitment to reducing their GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. Source: CORE ...

A vehicle-mounted, hydraulically-powered, soil probing device that utilizes static force and percussion to advance small diameter sampling tools into the subsurface for collecting soil core, soil gas, or groundwater samples.

observes, is causing community and family breakdown, reflected in a host of growing social problems such as alienation, family violence, alcoholism, substance abuse and suicide.35 Ultimately, environmental damage strikes at the spiritual core of ...

Thermal springs owe their heat content to the natural geothermal heat created by the hot core of the earth and the decay of radioactive minerals in the lithosphere and to underground magma chambers in volcanic regions.

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