Biological globalization refers to the phenomenon where domesticated species are brought and cultivated in other favorable environments, facilitated by...

concerned with global environment). Environmental globalization is related to economic globalization, as economic development on a global scale has environmental...

globalization is skepticism of the claimed benefits of globalization. Many of these views are held by the anti-globalization movement. Globalization has...

observed changes. Global change refers to the changes of the Earth system, treated in its entirety with interacting physicochemical and biological components...

Globalization, the flow of information, goods, capital, and people across political and geographic boundaries, allows infectious diseases to rapidly spread...

globalization (also known as historical globalization) are the subject of ongoing debate. Though many scholars situate the origins of globalization in...

and heredity as the basis of inheritance, evolution as the driver of biological diversity, energy transformation for sustaining life processes, and the...

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main...

Biological agents, also known as biological weapons or bioweapons, are pathogens used as weapons. In addition to these living or replicating pathogens...

A biological hazard, or biohazard, is a biological substance that poses a threat (or is a hazard) to the health of living organisms, primarily humans....

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of...

(1972) and Ecological Imperialism (1986). In these works, he provided biological and geographical explanations for the question why Europeans were able...

and topical guide to the broad, interdisciplinary subject of globalization: Globalization (or globalisation) – processes of international integration arising...

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and...

A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people...

phenomena of intentional introduction has also been described as biological globalization. Positive Introductions Although most introduced species have negative...

Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with...

Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically...

The United States biological weapons program officially began in spring 1943 on orders from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Research continued following...

emissions of CO2 every year, that CO2 is returned to the atmosphere when biological matter is digested, burns, or decays. Land-surface carbon sink processes...

identity, anti-racism and multiculturalism, and globalization, developed from its roots as a biological term. In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting...

describes itself as a "a nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging technology threats imperiling...

study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into...

Biological oceanography is the study of how organisms affect and are affected by the physics, chemistry, and geology of the oceanographic system. Biological...

The biological pump (or marine biological carbon pump) is the ocean's biologically driven sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere and land runoff to...

published in Biological Conservation registers the massive contributions that citizen scientists already make to data mediated by the Global Biodiversity...

Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents include bacteria, viruses, insects, fungi, and/or...

The biocapacity or biological capacity of an ecosystem is an estimate of its production of certain biological materials such as natural resources, and...

Green waste, also known as biological waste or yard waste, is any organic waste that can be composted. It is most usually composed of refuse from gardens...

Biological organization is the organization of complex biological structures and systems that define life using a reductionistic approach. The traditional...