List of environment topics:W

The items listed on this page form part of the multi-page list of environment topics.

This is a list of topics related (in whole or in part) to (a) phenomena in the NATURAL environment which have a definite or significantly possible connection with human activity or (b) features of human activity which have a definite or significantly possible connection with the natural environment, even if the connection is made indirectly through the built environment. For example, hamster has been included because the effect on the built environment can affect the natural environment. Also, factory farming (often practiced indoors) has been associated with epidemics, which do not stay indoors.

The connections can be positive (even remedial) or negative or both. Some introduced species intended to benefit the ecosystem have acted as invasive species, damaging the ecosystem. Also, different sources of energy development have both pros and cons. Furthermore, an environmental topic can be such for multiple reasons at one time, as in the case of resource extraction and processing; commodity distribution, use, and misuse; and waste management.

W-Was

walking
wall (see also list of walls)
waste
waste management (see also list of waste management acronyms and list of waste management concepts

: and list of waste management topics)

waste vegetable oil
wastewater (see also list of waste water treatment technologies)

Water (separate word)

water (see under Effects on human civilization)
water conservation
water contamination
water cycle (see under Changes over time)
water desalination (desalination)
water dispute
Water Fluoridation controversy
water fuel cell
water industry
water pipe
water pollution
water privatization
water purification
water quality
water quality modelling
water resources
Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)
water supply
water supply and sanitation in Venezuela
water supply network (water supply system)
water treatment
water well

Water (in hyphenated compound words)

water-mill
water-wheel
(water-wise gardening) xeriscaping

Water (in solid compound words)

waterborne disease
watercooling
watercourse (see also list of watercourses in the Australian Capital Territory

: and list of watercourses in Western Australia)

watershed (drainage basin) (see also list of largest drainage basins)
waterway (see also list of waterways)
waterway restoration
Waterways Experiment Station (WES) (in the US)

Wates-Wazzz

wave power (energy harnessed from ocean surface waves) (see also list of wave topics

: [including topics related to electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and water waves])

We

weapons of mass destruction
weather (see also list of weather instruments and list of weather records)
weathering
weathering of buildings
weatherization
[...] control
([...] wacker) (weedeater) string trimmer
(weedkiller) herbicide
weedy species
weevil
well drilling
well logging
well poisoning
well water
wetlands
(Wetlands Centre) WWT London Wetlands Centre
wetlands conservation
Wetlands International

Wh

whale (see under Human impacts)
whale watching
whaling
(wheat blast) Magnaporthe grisea
wheat mildew
(wheat rust) rust (fungus)
(white biotechnology, included in) biotechnology
Whittier Narrows earthquake (in 1987) (in California in the US)
(WHO) World Health Organization
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Whole Foods Market (see under Environmental involvement)
(wholphin) wolphin

Wi-Wim

WILD Foundation
wilderness
wilderness area (see also list of wilderness areas in Nevada [in the US])
wildfire
wildlife corridor
wildlife refuge
wildlife trade
Wildlife Trust (disambiguation)
Willamette National Forest
(Wilson cloud chamber) cloud chamber
(Wilson cycle) Supercontinent Cycle

Win

Wind Cave National Park
Wind River Experimental Forest
wind chill
wind energy
wind farm (see also list of wind farms in Canada)
wind jet
wind power
wind turbine (see also list of wind turbine manufacturers)
(wind vane) weather vane
windbreak
windcatcher
windmill (see also list of windmills)
(Windscale: see) Sellafield
Windscale fire
windstorm
winter storm
Winter Storm Warning
Winter Weather Advisory

Wio-Wiz

wire chamber (for detecting ionizing radiation) (see paragraphs 6 and 7)
wise use

Wo-Woq

wolf hunting
wolf hunting controversy
wood (see also list of woods)
wood fuel
wood gas
wood management
(wood mizer) portable sawmill
woodland
(woolly mammoth) mammoth

World (separate word)

World Animal Day
World Asthma Day
World Climate Change Conference
World Climate Conference
World Climate Programme
World Climate Report
World Climate Research Programme
World Commission on Environment and Development
World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival (WCBESCAS)
World Conference on Disaster Reduction
World Conservation Union (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) (IUCN)
World Day for Water (unofficially, World Water Day)
(World Environment Day) UN World Environment Day
World Food Conference
World Food Day (October 16)
World Food Programme
(World Food Summit) Food security
World Heritage Site (see also)
- list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
- list of World Heritage Sites in Africa
- list of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
- list of World Heritage Sites in Europe
- list of World Heritage Sites in India
- list of World Heritage Sites in Poland
- list of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
- list of World Heritage Sites in danger
(world map scaled by population: see) cartogram
World Meteorological Organization
World No Tobacco Day
World Ocean Day
World Peace Council (World Peace Congress)
world population
world solar challenge
World Sturgeon Conservation Society
World Summit on Sustainable Development
World Toilet Organization
World War I
World War II
(World Water Day) World Day for Water
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
World Wilderness Congress
World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet

World's

World's Most Livable Cities

World0-World9

World3
World3 nonrenewable resource sector

Worlda-Worldz

Worldwatch Institute

Worle-Wozzz

(worm farm) vermicompost

Wp-Wz

Wrecking yard (junkyard)
Wu Lihong (imprisoned Chinese environmentalist)
WWT London Wetlands Centre (in the UK)
WWT National Wetlands Centre (in the UK)