Environment

Environment may refer to:

  • Environment (biophysical), the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms
  • Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties
  • Natural environment, all living and non-living things
  • Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact
  • Physical environment, in ecology
  • Environment (magazine)
  • Environments (album series), a series of LPs, cassettes and CDs depicting natural sounds
  • Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places
  • Knowledge environment, social practices, technological and physical arrangements intended to facilitate collaborative knowledge building, decision making, inference or discovery
  • In computing:

  • Desktop environment, in computing, the graphical user interface to the computer
  • Environment (systems)

    In science and engineering, a system is the part of the universe that is being studied, while the environment is the remainder of the universe that lies outside the boundaries of the system. It is also known as the surroundings, and in thermodynamics, as the reservoir. Depending on the type of system, it may interact with the environment by exchanging mass, energy (including heat and work), linear momentum, angular momentum, electric charge, or other conserved properties. In some disciplines, such as information theory, information may also be exchanged. The environment is ignored in analysis of the system, except in regard to these interactions.

    See also

  • Bioenergetic systems - energy system
  • Earth system science
  • Environmental Management System
  • Environment (biophysical)
  • Thermodynamic system
  • Science
  • Systems
  • Universe
  • References

    External links

  • http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch8en/conc8en/envisys.html - Geography of transport systems
  • http://www.epa.gov/ems/ - Environmental Management Systems
  • Environment (1927 film)

    Environment is a 1927 Australian silent film about a woman who poses for a revealing painting. It was one of two films produced by Vaughan C. Marshall, the other one being Caught in the Net (1928).

    Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it survives today.

    Plot

    Mary Garval is forced by poverty into posing semi-nude for a painting, L'Environment. The painter's assistant, Arthur, tries to seduce her but she runs away after finding out he is married.

    Mary seeks refuge in the country and falls for a farmer, Jimmy. They get married but Arthur, seeking revenge, sends a Jewish friend to spy on them. He sends Jimmy a copy of the painting as a wedding present. Jimmy eventually forgives Mary and decides to destroy the painting, but discovers a lost will in the frame, which reveals Mary to be the heiress to a lost fortune.

    Cast

  • Beth Darvall as Mary Garval
  • Hal Percy as James Denison
  • Colin Campbell as Arthur Huston
  • Alf Scarlett as James Masterton
  • Arthur Bruce as James Garval
  • Jim Joyce as Wilfred Garval
  • Offshore

    Offshore may refer to:

    Finance and law

  • Offshoring, active movement of companies to offshore centers
  • Offshore financial centre, jurisdictions which transact financial business with non-residents
  • Offshore investment, relates to the wider financial services industry in offshore centers
  • Offshore bank, relates to the banking industry in offshore centers
  • Offshore company
  • Offshore Stock Broker, relates to stock brokers in offshore centers
  • Offshore fund, collective investment in offshore centers
  • Offshore trust, trust arranged in offshore jurisdiction
  • Technology

  • Offshore drilling, discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater through drilling a well
  • Offshore (hydrocarbons)
  • Offshore construction, construction out at sea
  • Offshore powerboat racing, powerboat racing
  • Offshore hosting, server
  • Offshore wind power, wind power in a body of water
  • Arts

  • Offshore (novel), a 1979 British novel by Penelope Fitzgerald
  • "Offshore" (song), a 1996 song by British electronic dance music act Chicane
  • Offshore (novel)

    Offshore (1979) is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. It won the Booker Prize for that year. It recalls her time spent on boats on the Thames in Battersea. The novel explores the liminality of people who do not belong to the land or the sea, but are somewhere in between. The epigraph, "che mena il vento, e che batte la pioggia, e che s'incontran con si aspre lingue" ("whom the wind drives, or whom the rain beats, or those who clash with such bitter tongues") comes from Canto XI of Dante's Inferno.

    List of Characters and Their Boats (in order)

    Lord Jim

  • Richard Blake, husband, aged 39
  • Laura Blake, wife, also known as Lollie
  • Maurice

  • Maurice
  • Harry, Maurice's acquaintance, who uses the boat for his own purposes but does not live on board
  • Grace

  • Nenna James, mother
  • Martha James, Nenna's teenage daughter.
  • Tilda (Matilda) James, Nenna's younger daughter, who is six years old
  • Edward James, estranged father and husband, who visits the boat only once
  • Stripey (the cat)
  • Dreadnought

  • Willis, painter, widower, 65 years old
  • Offshore (hydrocarbons)

    "Offshore", when used relative to hydrocarbons, refers to an oil, natural gas or condensate field that is under the sea, or to activities or operations carried out in relation to such a field. There are various types of platform used in the development of offshore oil and gas fields, and subsea facilities.

    Offshore exploration is performed with floating drilling units.

    References

  • Petroleum industry glossary from Saipem Spa.
  • Petroleum industry glossary from Anson Ltd
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    Hindustan Times 04 Apr 2025
    The Union environment ministry and the department of fisheries have approved offshore mining blocks, including seven off the coast of Great Nicobar , union minister of coal and mines, G Kishan Reddy told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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    Grist 04 Apr 2025
    Besides the “cascading negative impacts” on the environment, offshore aquaculture often undercuts the prices of wild-caught fish and shrimp, he said ...Offshore aquaculture poses too much risk and not enough reward,” Bradley said.
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    The SAL SPU-200 Provides a Safeguard Against GPS Jamming

    MarineLink 03 Apr 2025
    This is crucial in environments where GPS integrity is vital, such as congested shipping lanes, offshore oil and gas platforms, and defense operations.
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    NYK, Partners to Develop Renewable Energy-Powered Floating Data Center

    MarineLink 02 Apr 2025
    The project aims to operate the data center entirely on renewable energy while assessing the equipment's salt damage resistance and operational stability in an offshore environment.
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    ACCESSWIRE 02 Apr 2025
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    OUTDOORS COLUMN: Time to get fishing tackle ready

    The Oneida Daily Dispatch 02 Apr 2025
    About 11 a.m ... 60-67 ... SHORT CASTS ... She also served as First Assistant Secretary for Energy & Environment for NY and Vice President of Offshore Development ... Some have immediately criticized her as being “too green” or concerned with offshore development.
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    Amanda Lefton Embarking on Her New Leadership Position at the DEC

    The Legislative Gazette 01 Apr 2025
    Here, Lefton developed an offshore wind program ... She worked as the first assistant secretary for Energy and Environment for New York, the vice president of Offshore Development U.S.
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    Rahul writes to PM condemning approval for offshore mining in Kerala, Guj & Andaman

    Hindustan Times 31 Mar 2025
    The first tranche of 13 offshore mining blocks was launched in November 2024, according to Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav’s response in Lok Sabha on March 18 ... of the Offshore Areas Act.
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    Chevron Expresses Interest in More Exploration Blocks Offshore Greece

    Oil Price 26 Mar 2025
    supermajor Chevron has expressed interest in oil and gas exploration in two additional offshore blocks south ...
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    UK could produce oil and gas to meet half its needs for 25 years

    The Times/The Sunday Times 25 Mar 2025
    Britain could produce enough oil and gas to meet half of its projected needs over the next quarter of a century if North Sea companies are offered the “right environment”, according to the industry body.
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    Prysmian’s New CLVs Get Miros’ Wave Monitoring Tech

    MarineLink 25 Mar 2025
    ... empowering crews with the critical data they need to optimize decision-making and enhance safety in dynamic offshore environments,” said Andrew Wallace, VP Offshore Solutions at Miros.
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    Dar pledges sweeping reforms in energy sector

    The News International 25 Mar 2025
    Chairing a high-level meeting, Dar underscored the government’s commitment to fostering a secure and investor-friendly environment for the Exploration and Production (E&P) sector.
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    Australians deserve answers on climate before they vote. Here are five things we still don’t know

    The Observer 25 Mar 2025
    ... domestic gas reservation policy – requiring companies to carve out a proportion of gas for local use – for new offshore developments as a quid pro quo for reducing climate and environment regulations.
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    Wall Street and crypto founders talk web3 behind closed doors at Medici NY

    Cryptopolitan 24 Mar 2025
    That pressure pushed a lot of crypto startups offshore, looking for better regulatory environments ... Medici understands that the right environment is conducive to creating organic connections amongst people that can move our industry forward.”.
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    UK firm to oversee Petrojarl I FPSO transition to Amplus Energy

    Splash24/7 21 Mar 2025
    Aberdeen-headquartered Amplus Energy has hired V.Ships Offshore to oversee the transition of the recently acquired Petrojarl I FPSO ... The 215-m-long unit was Altera’s very first FPSO and the industry’s first newbuild harsh environment FPSO.
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