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How some organizations measure the economic, social and environmental performance of a project. Also known as “people, planet, profit” or “the three pillars.”

A radioactive form of hydrogen with atoms of three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen; can be used to determine the age of water.

A cyclone that originates over the tropical oceans. Tropical cyclones are classified according to their intensity and windspeed and, when fully mature, are characterized by extremely high-speed winds and torrential rains. In the United States, tropical cyclones that have windspeeds greater than 40 miles per hour are classified as tropical storms, and tropical cyclones that […]

Lowest 6 to 12 miles of the atmosphere, characterized by a general decrease in temperature with height, appreciable water content, and active weather processes.

An elongated depression in a potentiometric surface.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure; the opposite of a ridge. This term commonly is used to distinguish a feature from the closed circulation of a low (or cyclone). A large trough, however, may include one or more lows, and an upper-air trough may be associated with a lower-level low.

Trust is a firm belief and confidence in the reliability, truth or ability of a person or an organization.(1) Yet, as a direct result of the long history of unsustainable social and environmental practices, the fashion sector is confronted with an increasing deficit in trust.(2) Customers now better understand how the current business model compromises […]

A vast, nearly level, treeless plain of the arctic and subarctic regions. It usually has a marshy surface which supports mosses, lichens, and low shrubs, underlain by mucky soils and permafrost.

Water containing suspended matter that interferes with the passage of light through the water or in which visual depth is restricted.

Turbidity is the cloudiness of water caused by a large numbers of individual particles. It can look like mud,stirred-up sediment, silt, clay, etc.