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- Thermal Pollution
A reduction in water quality caused by increasing its temperature, often due to disposal of waste heat from industrial or power generation processes
- Thermal Water Pollution
A form of water pollution which occurs as a result in an increase in the temperature of the water
- Tidal Cycles
The periodic changes in the intensity of tides caused primarily by the varying relations between the earth, moon, and sun
- Tidal Range
The difference in height between mean low tide and mean high tide
- Tides
The tides is the regular rising and falling of the ocean’s surface caused by changes in gravitational forces
- Toxic Chemicals
Substance that can cause severe illness, poisoning, birth defects, disease, or death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by living organisms
- Toxic Waste
Waste that has a toxic effect on living organism
- Transpiration
Process by which water that is absorbed by plants, usually through the roots and evaporated into the atmosphere from plant surfaces, such as leaf pores
- Trichloroethene (TCE)
Also known as trichloroethylene)(TCE) A toxic volatile organic compound often used as a solvent that can cause adverse health affects
- Typhoid Fever
A bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi); often transmitted by contaminated water, food, or milk