| Descriptor English: | Thermal Contamination | ||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Contaminación Térmica
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Contaminação Térmica | ||
| Descriptor French: | Contamination Thermique | ||
| Tree number(s): |
SP4.606.806.175 |
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| Scope note: | Contamination in rivers, lakes or seas, resulting from the release of water at a temperature many times above the average temperatures in these places, coming from the cooling system of a thermoelectric plant. Such warming, if maintained for long periods of time, can significantly alter the physical and chemical characteristics of the ecosystem, causing deaths of the living beings that inhabit the place. (Free translation from the original: https://bit.ly/30WUTHT) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||
| Related: |
Cooling Lagoons
DeCS Hot Temperature MeSH Physical Contaminants DeCS Power Plants MeSH Temperature MeSH Thermal Energy DeCS Water Pollution MeSH | ||
| DeCS ID: | 32437 | ||
| Unique ID: | DDCS032437 | ||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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Thermal Contamination
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| Concept UI |
FD00060382 |
| Scope note | Contamination in rivers, lakes or seas, resulting from the release of water at a temperature many times above the average temperatures in these places, coming from the cooling system of a thermoelectric plant. Such warming, if maintained for long periods of time, can significantly alter the physical and chemical characteristics of the ecosystem, causing deaths of the living beings that inhabit the place. (Free translation from the original: https://bit.ly/30WUTHT) |
| Preferred term | Thermal Contamination |
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