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Global distillation — or the grasshopper effect is the geochemical process by which certain chemicals, most notably persistent organic pollutants (POPs), are transported from warmer to colder regions of the Earth, particularly the Poles and mountain tops. Global… … Wikipedia
global distillation — /gloʊbəl dɪstəˈleɪʃən/ (say glohbuhl distuh layshuhn) noun the continuous transfer of chemical pollutants which vaporise in equatorial regions and are borne by atmospheric currents towards colder regions north and south where they are deposited… …
Distillation (disambiguation) — Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation may also refer to: Distillation (Erin McKeown album), 2000 Distillation (Wishbone Ash album), 1997 Distillation… … Wikipedia
DISTILLATION — La distillation est une des méthodes de séparation les plus importantes dont on dispose pour résoudre un mélange en ses divers constituants. Elle est fondée sur le fait qu’une phase vapeur surmontant un liquide bouillant et en équilibre avec ce… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Global cuisines — See also: Cuisine Hyderabadi Biryani, an Indian meat and rice dish … Wikipedia
Kyoto Protocol — Participation in the Kyoto Protocol, as of December 2010, Green = Countries that have signed and ratified the treaty (Annex I II countries in dark green) Grey =… … Wikipedia
Ozone depletion — Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (September 2006) Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth s… … Wikipedia
Ocean acidification — Change in sea water acidity pH caused by anthropogenic CO2 between the 1700s and the 1990s Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH and increase in acidity of the Earth … Wikipedia
Pollution — For the Fransisco Battiato album, see Pollution (album). For the Goodies episode, see Pollution (The Goodies). Air pollution from World War II weapon production in Alabama, 1942 … Wikipedia
Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… … Wikipedia
