Glossary P
Deutsch: Niederschlag / Español: Precipitación / Português: Precipitação / Français: Précipitation / Italiano: Precipitazione /
A precipitation is water in the form of rain, sleet, or snow (wet deposition). A Precipitation is a part of the hydrologic cycle during which condensed water vapor in the air falls to the ground, land and bodies of water.
A precision is the degree to which replicate measurements of the same attribute agree or are exact.
Deutsch: Raubtier / Español: Depredador / Português: Predador / Français: Prédateur / Italiano: Predatore
Predator in the environmental context refers to an Organism that hunts, captures, and consumes other organisms, known as prey, to sustain itself. Predators play a vital role in ecosystems by maintaining population Balance, supporting biodiversity, and driving natural selection processes.
A Preliminary Assessment (PA) is the process of collecting and reviewing available information about a known or suspected Hazardous Waste site or Release that is used to determine if
Deutsch: Vorbereitung / Español: Preparación / Português: Preparação / Français: Préparation / Italiano: Preparazione
Preparedness in the environmental context refers to the measures and strategies that individuals, communities, organisations, and governments take in advance to anticipate, respond to, and recover from environmental hazards, natural disasters, and other ecological crises. These efforts aim to reduce the negative impacts of such events and ensure a more resilient response when disasters occur.