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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.

I-Icd

iatrochemistry
iatrogenic
ICA meat repackaging controversy (in Sweden)
ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) (see also)
- list of ICD-9 codes 001-139: Infectious and parasitic diseases
- list of ICD-9 codes 800-999: Injury and poisoning
ICD-10 Chapters A and B: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
ICD-10 Chapters S and T: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Ice - Ice m

ice
Ice Accretion Indicator
ice age
Ice Age Trail (in Wisconsin in the US)
ice algae
ice blasting
ice boat
ice cap
ice climbing
ice core
ice dam
(ice erosion: see) erosion (see under Ice erosion)
ice field (icefield)
ice fishing
(ice floe: see) sea ice
(ice fog: see) fog (see "ice fog" in article)
Ice Front
Ice Harbor Lock and Dam (in the state of Washington in the US)
ice hotel

Ice n - Ice z

ice nucleus
ice palace (ice castle)
ice resurfacer
ice rink
ice scour
ice sheet
ice shelf
ice spike
(ice stone) cryolite
ice storm
(Ice storm of 1998) North American ice storm of 1998 (Ice Storm '98)
Ice Storm Warning
ice swimming
(ice volcano: see) cryovolcano
ice wedge
ice worm
Ice XII

Ice (with hyphen)

Ice-9 (see under Main usage)
Ice-9 type transition

Icea-Icez

iceberg
Iceberg B-15
(Iceberg B-22: see) Thwaites Ice Tongue (onto Antarctica)
icebreaker
(icecrete: see) pykrete
IceCube Neutrino Detector
Icefields Parkway (in Alberta in Canada)
(icefish) Notothenioidei (white-blooded fish)
icehouse (building)
Iceland hotspot
Icelandic hydroelectric power stations

Icf-Icz

Ichneumon wasp (sometimes incorrectly called "Ichneumon fly") (some used in "biological pest control")
ichnology
ichthyology (study of fish)
icing (nautical)
icy moon

Id-Ik

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) (in the US)
idealised population
igneous rock
(ignis fatuus: see) will o' the wisp (see under Theories of origin)
ignition
ignition coil (spark coil)
ignition system
Iguazu Falls (on border between Brazil and Argentina)
Iguazú National Park (in Argentina)
Iguazu River (in triple frontier of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina)
IJssel (Gelderse IJssel) (in the Netherlands)
IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) (in the Netherlands)
(IJsselmeer Polders: see) Zuiderzee Works (in the Netherlands)

Il

Ili River (in Kazakhstan and in China)
Ilin island cloudrunner (extinct rodent from the Philippines)
illegal drug (see "environmental hazards")
(illegal fishing: see) poaching
(illegal hunting: see) poaching
illegal logging
(Illinoian glaciation: see) Wolstonian glaciation
Illinois and Michigan Canal (see "storm in 1885")
illuminance
illuminating gas
(illumination: 1 meaning selected from the disambiguation page)
- lighting

Im

(image: see) Wikipedia:List of images (especially Wikipedia:List of images/Nature)
(imitation meat: see) meat analogue
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH or NIOSH IDLH) (in the US)
immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border
immune system
immunization (medicine)
immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency)
(immunogen: see) antigen
immunology
immunotherapy
immunotoxin
impact crater (impact basin)
(impact of global change on agriculture: see) global warming and agriculture
(impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Indonesia: see) effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Indonesia
- (likewise: Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Norway, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Maldives)
impact winter
impactite
(Impenetrable Forest: see) Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (in Uganda)
Imperial unit of measurement
implications of peak oil
implosion ("a reverse explosion")
impluvium
Important Bird Area (IBA)

In (separate word)

In (with hyphen)

(in-flight refueling [IFR]) aerial refueling (air-to-air refueling [AAR])
in-situ conservation

Ina-Inc

Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha (extinct volcano)
(inactive layer: see) active layer (in permafrost)
Inca road system
Inca rope bridge
incandescence
incandescent light bulb
incendiary
incendiary bomb
incendiary device
(inches of mercury: see) pressure
incidence (epidemiology)
incidental radiator
(incidents in aviation: see) accidents and incidents in aviation
incineration (including that of medical waste) (see also)
- list of incinerators in the UK
(inclined railway) funicular (funicular railway) (inclined plane) (cliff railway)
(inclosure) enclosure
Inclosure Act (in the UK)
(Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) IRIS

Ind-Indt

Independent Power Producer
indeterminate growth (in biology)
India Meteorological Department
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
Indian coal
Indian Famine Codes
Indian Forest Service (IFS)
(Indian Ocean earthquake: see) 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) (nuclear power plant in New York)
(Indian rubber tree) Ficus elastica (rubber fig) (rubber tree) (rubber plant)
Indian summer
Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis 500 Mile Race) (Indy 500)
indicator plant
indicator species
(indigenous depopulation in the Americas: see) population history of American indigenous peoples (see under Depopulation from disease)
indirect potable use
individual action against global warming
Indomalaya Ecozone
indoor air quality (IAQ)
(indoor climate control) HVAC ("heating, ventilation and air-conditioning")
Indoor Environmental Institute (IEI)
(indoor garden: see) garden
(indoor plumbing: see) domestic water system
indri (see under Conservation Status and Threats)

Indu-Indz

induced seismicity
induction heating
(induction lighting: see) electrodeless lamp
induction welding
(industrial agriculture: see) agriculture
industrial and multiphase power plugs and sockets
industrial biotechnology (white biotechnology)
Industrial Canal (near New Orleans, Louisiana)
industrial disasters
industrial ecology
(industrial health and safety issues in asbestos-related diseases: see) asbestos and the law
industrial hemp
industrial hygiene
industrial noise
industrial park (see also list of industrial parks by size)
industrial railway
Industrial Revolution
(industrial ultrasonography: see) ultrasound
industrial waste
industrial wastewater treatment
(industrial whistle: see) whistle (see "sunroof")
industrialisation
(industrialized nation: see) developed country
industry
(industry/Primary sector: see) primary sector of industry
(industry/Secondary sector: see) secondary sector of industry
(industry/Tertiary sector: see) tertiary sector of industry

Ine-Inf

inert gas
(inert gas narcosis: see) nitrogen narcosis
inertial confinement fusion (ICF)
(infant botulism: see) botulism
infection
infectious disease (communicable disease) (see also list of infectious diseases)
infectious disease in the 20th century
infectious disease reporting
infestation
infiltration (hydrology) (see under Infiltration in wastewater collection)
influenza (the flu) (the grippe)
(influenza epidemic of 1918: see) Spanish flu (Great Influenza Pandemic) (the 1918 Flu Epidemic) (La Grippe)
influenza vaccine
influx of disease in the Caribbean
infrared (IR) radiation
infrared astronomy
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
infrasound
infrastructure

Ing-Inr

Inga-Shaba (electrical transmission line project) (in the Democratic Republic of Congo)
inland harbor
(inland hurricane wind warning: see) tropical cyclone warnings and watches
(inland tropical storm wind warning: see) tropical cyclone warnings and watches
(inland tropical storm wind watch: see) tropical cyclone warnings and watches
Inland Waterways Association (IWA) (in the UK)
Inland Waterways Protection Society (IWPS) (in the UK)
inner city
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge (in Alaska in the US)
inoculation
inorganic chemistry
inorganic compound
INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazilian National Institute for Space Research}

Ins-Inss

insect (see under Roles in the environment and in human society)
Insect Habitat (science payload in space)
(insect locust: see) locust ("can strip fields rapidly")
(insect pollination) entomophily
insect repellent
(insect venom: see) venom (poison)
insecticide (see under Environmental Effects)
insectivore
(insectivorous plant: see) carnivorous plant
insolation

Inst-Insz

Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G) (in France)
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) (in France)
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (in France)
(Institut Pasteur) Pasteur Institute (in France)
Institute for Environmental Assessment (in Denmark)
(Institute for Genomic Research: see) The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) (in the US)
(Institute for Nuclear Studies: see) Enrico Fermi Institute (in the US)
Institute for Solar Physics (in Italy)
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) (in Iran)
Institute of Biosciences and Technology (IBT) (in Texas in the US)
Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) (in Japan)
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) (in New Zealand)
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) (in Singapore)
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology atlases (in the UK)
Institute of Zoology (IoZ) (in the UK)
instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)
instrumental temperature record
(insulation [thermal]: see) thermal insulation
(insulation of sound: see) sound proofing
insulators (electrical)
insurance (see under Types of insurance)

Int-Inteq

integral ecology
(integrated cycling: see) vehicular cycling (VC)
integrated farming (integrated agriculture)
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) (international)
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (at first in the US, now international)
intelligent transportation system (ITS) (in the US)
intensive farming
intentional radiator

Inter (with hyphen)

Intera-Interm

(interchange [highway]: see) road junction
(intercity bus: see) bus
InterCityExpress (ICE) (in Germany and neighboring countries)
intercropping
(Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation: see) Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) (in climatology)
(interglacial: see) glaciation
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia [IBRA]: see) ecoregions of Australia
intermediate technology
(Intermediate Technology Development Group [ITDG]: renamed) Practical Action (based in the UK)
intermodal freight transport
intermodal passenger transport

Intern-Internationak

internal combustion engine (see under Fuel type)
(internal drainage system: see) endorheic

International - International c

(International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling: succeeded by) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
international agricultural research
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
(International Biosphere Reserve: see) Biosphere reserve
(International Buy Nothing Day: see) Buy Nothing Day (to focus on poverty and wasteful consumption)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical)
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
(International Classification of Diseases: see) ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems)
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (affecting the dairy industry, and therefore the environment)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
(International Commission for the North Atlantic Fisheries [ICNAF]: replaced by) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
International Commission on Stratigraphy
International Committee on Anthropogenic Soils (ICOMANTH)
International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF)
International Conference on Population and Development (1994)
(International Conservation Union: see) World Conservation Union (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources [IUCN])
International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
(International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships: see) MARPOL 73/78
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (signed in 1946)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (established in 1902)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

International d - International m

International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day)
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (September 16)
international environmental law
International Fair Trade Association (IFAT)
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
(international food aid: see) World Food Programme (WFP)
International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Geophysical Year (IGY) (1957-1958)
International Glaciological Society (IGS)
International Heliophysical year (IHY) (2007-2008)
International Human Powered Vehicle Association
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
International Journal of Biological Sciences
International Latitude Observatory
International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH)
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Meteor Organization (IMO)
International Meteorological Organization (IMO)
(International Metric Convention: see) Convention du Mètre (in 1885)

International n - International r

International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey (INAS)
International Nuclear Events Scale (IAEA INES Scale)
International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
International Opium Convention (signed in 1912)
(International Panel on Climate Change: see) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
International Planetarium Society (IPS)
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
International Polar Year (IPY) (1882-1883; 1932-1933; 2007-2009)
International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) (POPs = persistent organic pollutants)
International Potato Center (CIP) (Centro Internacional de la Papa)
International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB)
International Refugee Organization (IRO)
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972
International Resources Group
international response to Hurricane Katrina
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
International Risk Governance Council (IRGC)

International s - International t

International Seabed Authority
International Society for Cryobiology
International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)
International Society of Arboriculture
International Space Station (ISS)
(international standard atmosphere: see) standard conditions for temperature and pressure
(International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) ICD
(international sunspot number) Wolf number (relative sunspot number) (Zürich number)
International System of Units (SI) (Système International d'Unités)
International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)
International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS)
(International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) ITER
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Seed Treaty)
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 (Tropical Timber 83)
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (Tropical Timber 94)

International u - International z

International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) (astronomical observatory satellite)
(International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources [IUCN]) World Conservation Union
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales)
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
(International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) IUPAP
International Vegetarian Union (IVU)
International Water Management Institute (in Sri Lanka)
international waters (transboundary waters)
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
(International Whaling Convention) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
International Wheat Council (IWC)
international wheat production statistics (may yet be merged)

Internationala-Internzzzzzzzz

Intero-Interz

interplate earthquake
(interspecific breeding: see) hybrid
Interstate Highway System (in the US) (see also list of Interstate Highways)
(intertidal or littoral zone) foreshore
intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) (Intertropical Front) (Equatorial Convergence Zone)
interurban
interurban streetcars in Southern New England
Interurban Transit Partnership (in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the US)

Intes-Intnz

Into-Inzz

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (book)
intra-species recognition ("necessary for procreation")
Intracoastal Waterway (in the US) (consisting of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway)
intragenomic conflict
intraplate earthquakes
intraspecific breeding
Intrazonal Soil
introduced species (see also list of introduced species and list of introduced bird species

and list of placental mammals introduced to Australia)

intrusion (geology)
(intrusive sheet: see) sill (geology)
(inundation) flood
inundation of the Wieringermeer (in the Netherlands)
invasion biology terminology
invasive plants
invasive species (see also list of invasive species and list of Invasive Species in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States)
invasive species in Australia
invasive species in New Zealand
invertebrate
inverted river delta
(inward-flow turbine: see) Francis turbine

Io-Iq

iodine (see under Occurrence)
iodised salt (iodized salt)
ion
(ion storm: see) solar wind
ion therapy
ion wind (ion wind)
ionization chamber
(ionized gas) plasma (physics)
ionizing radiation
ionosonde
ionosphere
ionospheric reflection
ionospheric sounding
Iowa Great Lakes (natural glacial lakes) (in the US)
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (in 2007) (IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
IPCC list of greenhouse gases
IPCC Second Assessment Report (in 1995)
IPCC Third Assessment Report (in 2001)

Ir

Iraq Petroleum Company
Irène Joliot-Curie (French scientist)
Irish Famine (1879)
(Irish Famine of 1740-41) Great Irish Famine (1740-1741)
Irish farm subdivision
Irish National Botanic Gardens
Irish Naturalists' Journal
Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)
Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)
iron (see under Occurrence)
iron catastrophe
iron cycle
iron deficiency (medicine) (relevant to crop agriculture and to animal health)
iron deficiency (plant disorder)
iron fertilizing
(iron mining: see) mining
Iron Mountain Mine (in California in the US) ("source of extremely acidic mine drainage")
iron ore
Iron Ore Company of Canada
(iron ore trade during World War II: see) Swedish iron ore during World War II
iron oxide
iron poisoning
irradiance
irradiated mail
irradiation
(Irrawaddy River) Ayeyarwady River (in Myanmar, formerly Burma)
irrigation
irrigation in Saudi Arabia
irrigation scheduling
irrigation sprinkler

Is-Isn

Isaac Asimov (Russian-born American author and biochemist) (see under Intellectual positions)
Isaac Asimov complete bibliography
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space (non-fiction)
Isaac Newton (English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist)
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) (in the Canary Islands)
island (see under Volcanic islands) (see also list of islands)
island biogeography
island dwarfing (in biology)
island restoration
islet

Iso

isobar (in meteorology)
isochore (in a thermodynamic diagram)
isodrosotherm (in meteorology)
isogon (meteorology)
(isogram) contour line (level set) (isarithm)
isohel (in meteorology)
isohume (in meteorology)
isohyet (in meteorology)
isohypse (in topography)
(isopleth) contour map
isotherm (in meteorology)
isotope (see under Occurrence in nature) (see also list of isotopes)
isotope geochemistry
isotope hydrology
isotropic antenna
isotropic radiation
isotropic radiator
isotropy

Isp-Isz

Israel Institute for Biological Research (IBR)
Israel National Water Carrier
Istanbul observatory of al-Din
isthmus

It-Iz

itai-itai disease (caused by cadmium poisoning)
Itala Game Reserve (in South Africa)
Italian bee
Ituri Rainforest (in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
ivory
(Izmit Earthquake: see) 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake