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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.

B-Bac

B-Reactor ("plutonium production reactor") (in Washington state in the US)
Bachelor of Environmental Studies
Bacillus thuringiensis ("a bacterium ... used in crop protection")
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis ("a group of bacteria used as biological control agents")
back-to-the-land movement
back-building thunderstorm
back-contamination
back-stripping (in geology)
background radiation
backpacking (wilderness) (tramping) (trekking) (bushwalking) (see also list of long-distance footpaths)
(backpacking stove) portable stove (see "hazardous waste" in paragraph 4, both under Advantages and disadvantages)
backscatter
(backyard breeder: see) selective breeding
bacteria (see under Interactions with other organisms and under Significance in technology and industry)
bacterial mat
bacterial oxidation
bacterial water analysis
bactericide (bacteriocide)
bacteriocin (a proteinaceous toxin produced by bacteria)

Bad-Baq

badlands
Badlands National Park (in South Dakota in the US) (see "black-footed ferret" in paragraph 2)
Badlands Wilderness (in South Dakota in the US)
bagworm moth (see "pests" in paragraph 7)
(Baikal seal) nerpa (see under Abundance and trends)
Baikal sturgeon (of Siberia in Russia) ("endangered")
Baikonur Cosmodrome (space launch facility) (in Kazakhstan)
bait (luring substance) (see "Myxobolus cerebralis [whirling disease]")
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline (see under Environment)
balance of nature
(Bali bombings: 2 meanings from disambiguation page)
- 2002 Bali bombings
- 2005 Bali bombings
Bali Communiqué (involving climate change)
Bali roadmap (involving climate change)
Bali Tiger ("extinct")
ball lightning
balloon (aircraft)
(Bambi bucket: see) helicopter bucket (helibucket) ("a specialised bucket used by firefighting helicopters to carry water")
Bambi Effect
bamboo rat (see "agricultural pests" in paragraph 4 and see "mold" in paragraph 5)
banana (a major staple food crop for millions of people) (see under Pests, diseases and natural disasters)
Bangladesh (see under Geography and climate)
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)
Bangladesh famine of 1974
Banksia Environmental Foundation (in Australia)
Bankside reservoir (type of reservoir)
banyan (strangler fig) (tropical tree)
(baobab) Adansonia (tree) ("noted for storing water inside the swollen trunk")

Bar-Bas

Barbary Macaque ("vulnerable")
barbecue
Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory (in Wales in the UK)
barn ("may sometimes be used to house animals or to store farming vehicles")
Barnet parks and open spaces (in London in the UK)
barnyard (see "vermin" in paragraph 3)
barometer ("to measure atmospheric pressure")
barrel of oil equivalent
barricade
(BART) Bay Area Rapid Transit (in the San Francisco area in the US)
bascule bridge
base load power plant (base load power station)
Basel Convention (Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) (in force from 1992)
(basin: 4 meanings selected from disambiguation page)
- drainage basin (watershed)
- graben
- oceanic basin
- sedimentary basin
Basin and Range (in geology)
basin modelling (see "hydrocarbon reserves")

Bat-Baz

bat (flying mammal) (see under Vector for rabies)
bathyal zone (in oceanography)
bathymetric chart (in hydrography)
bathymetry
bathyscaphe (see "lead shot" in paragraph 1)
bathysphere
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (in the US) (see under Hurricane Katrina and under Disasters)
Baton Rouge Refinery (oil refinery)
batrachotoxin
battery (electricity) (see under Battery explosion and under Environmental considerations)
battery balancer
(battery bear) bile bear (bear kept in captivity for its bile)
battery charger
battery electric factory flat truck
battery electric vehicle (BEV)
battery eliminator
battery eliminator circuit (BEC)
(battery farming: see) factory farming
battery pack
battery regulator
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) (in the San Francisco area in the US)
Bay of Chaleur (Chaleur Bay) (baie des Chaleurs) (in eastern Canada) (see paragraph 3)
bayou ("a small, slow-moving stream or creek")

Bb-Bd

BBC Wildlife (monthly magazine)
BC Ferries (British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.) (in Canada) ("the largest passenger ferry line in North America")

Be-Beh

beach (strand) (see also list of beaches)
beach nourishment (see under Potential environmental benefits)
beached whale
beaches of Hong Kong
(beaches of New England: see) list of beaches in New England
beaches of Singapore
beacon
beaked whale (see paragraph 6)
bean weevil (seed beetle) ("They typically infest various kinds of seeds or beans")
Beaufort scale (Beaufort wind force scale) (for measuring wind speed)
Beaufort Sea (north of North America) (see "important habitat" in paragraph 2 and see "petroleum reserves" in paragraph 4)
Beaumont, Texas (in the US) (see about hurricanes under Climate)
beautification
beaver (see under Dams and under Fur Trade)
(beaver fever) giardiasis
becquerel (unit of radioactivity)
bedbug (bed bug) (insect of family Cimicidae)
bedrock (in geology)
bee (important pollinator)
beef (see under "Mad cow disease")
(beef tapeworm) Taenia saginata ("a parasite of both cattle and humans")
beehive (beekeeping)
beehive burner
beekeeping (apiculture) (important for pollination) (see under Protective clothing)
bees and toxic chemicals (about effects of pesticides and ethanol on bees, and about bee production of toxic honey)
beet armyworm (asparagus fern caterpillar) ("The larvae feed on the foliage of plants")
beetle (order Coleoptera) (see under Impact on humans)
beetle bank (in agriculture)
behavioral ecology

Bei-Bez

Beijing (see under Geography and climate)
Beijing Botanical Garden
Beijing Forestry University
Beijing Subway (Beijing Underground) (Beijing Metro)
Beijing Zoo
beluga sturgeon (a fish) (endangered)
beluga whale (white whale) (see under Population and human interaction)
Bengal famine of 1770
Bengal famine of 1943
Bengal Tiger (see "important threats" under Habitat)
(benthic trawling) bottom trawling
benthic zone (of a body of water)
benzene (see under Uses and under Health effects)
benzopyrene ("highly carcinogenic")
Beqaa Valley ("bread basket of Lebanon")
berg wind
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (in the US)
bering Sea (Imarpik Sea) (see "climate change" in paragraph 3)
Bering Sea Arbitration (closing a fishery dispute) (see "protection of the fur seal" in paragraph 2)
Berkeley, California (see "bicycle and pedestrian commuting" in paragraph 2 under Transportation)
(Berkeley Radiation Laboratory) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berlin (see under Street lighting)
(Berlin Zoo) Zoologischer Garten Berlin (with "approximately 14,000 animals from 1500 species")
Bermuda Triangle (see under Methane hydrates)
(Bern Convention [conservation]: see) Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (in force from 1982)
beverage can (see "recycle" in paragraph 5 under Current characteristics)

Bf-Bh

Bhopal disaster (in 1984) (in India)

Bi-Bin

biantitropical distribution
bicycle (see under Modal share: cycle use in modern cities and under Cycling activism)
bicycle boulevard
bicycle commuting
(bicycle driving) vehicular cycling (VC)
(bicycle facilities: see) segregated cycle facilities
Bicycle Federation of Australia (BFA)
bicycle lighting
bicycle rack
(bicycle rickshaw) cycle rickshaw (pedicab) (velotaxi) (trishaw)
bicycle safety
bicycle touring
bicycle trailers
bicycle transportation engineering
bicycle-friendly
bicycling in Chicago (in the US)
Big Bayou Canot train disaster (in 1993) (in Alabama in the US)
Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts) (Central Artery/Tunnel Project [CA/T]) (in the US)
Big Five Game (large mammals of Africa)
Big Green Gathering (in the UK)
Big Tobacco
big-box store
big-game fishing (offshore sport fishing) (offshore game fishing)
bike lane debate
Bikecentennial '76 (a bicycle tour on the TransAmerica Trail in the US)
Biking Across Kansas (BAK) (in the US)
Bikini Atoll (Pikinni Atoll) ("site of ... bomb tests")
Bikini atomic experiments
(Bikini atomic tests: see) Operation Crossroads
bilge
bilge water
binary chemical weapon

Bio-Biod

bioaccumulation
bioacoustics
bioalcohol
bioarchaeology
biobase
BioBlitz ("24-hour inventory")
(BioCheck[TM] Powder Screening Test Kit: see) hazardous powders testing kit
biochemical engineering (see "water treatment" in preamble)
biochemical oxygen demand (biological oxygen demand) (BOD)
biocide
biocoenosis (biocoenose) (biocenose) (biotic community) (ecological community) (see "environmental protection" in paragraph 4)
biocomplexity
biodefense
Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005 (in the US)
(biodegradability of polymers: see) plastic (see under The environment, especially under Biodegradable Plastics)
biodegradability prediction
biodegradation
biodiesel
biodiesel processor
biodiesel production
biodiesel recipe
biodigester
biodiversity (biological diversity)
Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)
biodiversity hotspot
biodiversity of New Caledonia
biodiversity of New Zealand
(biodome: see) Montreal Biodome (in Canada)
biodynamic agriculture (biodynamic farming)
biodynamic wine

Bioe-Biok

bioeconomics
bioelectromagnetism (see "migratory birds" in paragtraph 3 under Description)
bioengineering (biosystems engineering) (biological engineering)
bioerosion
bioethics (see paragraph 1 under Definition and scope)
biofilter
biofouling (biological fouling)
biofuel
(biofuel stove: see) stove (see under Modern corn, pellet or biofuel stove)
biogas (digester gas) (swamp gas) (marsh gas)
biogenic substance
biogeochemical cycle
biogeochemistry
(biogeographical realm) ecozone
biogeography
biogeology (see "erosion" in paragraph 3)
(biognosis) bionics (biomimetics) (biomimicry)
biohacker
biohacking
Biohazard (book) (about Soviet biological weapon program)
bioherbicide
BioHome ("a small facility created by NASA")
bioindicator
bioinorganic chemistry
biointensive ("an organic agricultural system")
(bioinvader: see) invasive species
bioirrigation

Biol

bioleaching
biological agent
(biological corridor) wildlife corridor
biological cybernetics
biological dispersal
Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (in Brazil)
biological engineering (biosystems engineering) (bioengineering)
biological fuel cell
biological hazard (biohazard)
biological interaction
(biological oxygen demand) biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
biological patent
biological pest control
biological pump (in oceanography)
(biological reactor: see) biochemical engineering
Biological Records Centre (BRC) ("on fresh water and terrestrial species") (in the UK)
(biological resource: see) natural resource
(biological therapy) immunotherapy
(biological vector) vector (biology)
biological warfare (germ warfare)
Biological Wastewater Processor (built by NASA)
Biological Weapons Convention (Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological [Biological] and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction) (BWC)
(biological weathering: see) weathering (see under Biological)
biology (see also list of biology topics)
bioluminescence (see under Biotechnology)

Biom-Bior

biomarker
biomass
(biomass fuel) biofuel
(biomass gas) biogas (digester gas) (swamp gas) (marsh gas)
biomass gasification
biomass to liquid (BTL)
biome
Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) (in the Netherlands)
biomethanation
bionanotechnology
Bioneers
bionics (biomimetics) (biognosis) (biomimicry)
biopharmaceutical
biopiracy
bioplastic
BioPort Corporation ("supplier of the anthrax vaccine")
Biopreparat (in the USSR) (organization comprising all biological weapons programs)
bioprospecting
biorefinery
(bioregion: see) ecoregion
bioregional democracy (bioregional state)
bioremediation
biorobotics

Bios-Bioz

BIOS - Biological Innovation for Open Society (BiOS) (in biotechnology)
biosafety
biosafety level
(biosafety protocol: see) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
biosalinity (in agriculture)
biosecurity
biosecurity protocol
bioshelter
biosignature
biosolids
(biosonar) animal echolocation
biosphere
Biosphere 2 ("a manmade closed ecological system") (in Arizona in the US)
biosphere reserve (see also lists of biosphere reserves under List of B in list of environmental topics lists)
biosphere reserves of India
biostasis
biostatistics (see under Applications of biostatistics)
biostimulation
bioswale
biota (ecology)
(Biotech Directive 98/44/EC) directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions
biotechnology (see also list of biotechnology companies)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (in the UK)
bioterror
bioterrorism
(biotic factor: see) ecology (see under Dynamics and stability)
biotope
bioturbation (see "nuclear weapon testing" under Modelling bioturbation)
BioWillie (a company producing a biodiesel fuel)

Bip-Bir

biphenyl (see under Use)
bipropellant rocket
bird (see under Birds and humans) (see also list of birds)
bird bath
bird feeder (birdfeeder) (bird table)
(bird flu) avian influenza (avian flu) (influenzavirus A) (type A flu) (genus A flu)
(bird handbook) ornithological handbook
bird hide (including "tower hide" and "bird blind")
bird louse
bird migration (see "El Niño" in paragraph 4 under Australasia)
bird observatory
Bird Reserve
bird ringing (bird banding)
bird song
bird species new to science
bird species new to science described in the 1950s
bird species new to science described in the 1960s
bird species new to science described in the 1970s
bird species new to science described in the 1980s
bird species new to science described in the 1990s
bird species new to science described in the 2000s
bird strike (birdstrike) (bird hit) (BASH) (bird aircraft strike hazard)
(bird-scaring rattle) klopotec
birdfeeding
(birdhouse: see) nest box (nestbox)
BirdLife International ("international conservation organization")
BirdLife Malta ("environmental ... organization")
Birdman of Alcatraz (Robert Franklin Stroud) (see "raising and caring for his birds" in paragraph 5 under His Life)
(Birds Australia: also known as) Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union ("birding association")
(birdshot: see) shotgun shell (see under Birdshot selection)
birdstrike simulator
BirdWatch Ireland (BWI) ("conservation organisation")
Birdwatchers' Field Club of Bangalore (in India)
birdwatching (birding)
birdwing (a butterfly) (see paragraph 3 of preamble)

Bis-Biz

bison jumps
Bitis gabonica (gaboon viper) (a venomous snake)
bitumen
bituminous coal
bituminous rocks
(bituminous sand) tar sands (oil sand)

Bj-Bk

Bl-Blh

(black earth) chernozem ("a kind of soil") ("does not require any fertilizing")
(Black Earth Region) Central Black Earth Region (in Russia)
Black Forest (see paragraph 5 under Geography)
black gold (oil)
black ice
(black lung disease: see) pneumoconiosis (see under Black lung disease)
Black Mesa Peabody Coal debate (in the US)
Black Rhinoceros (see under Population)
black sand
(Black Swamp) Great Black Swamp (in Ohio and Indiana, in the US)
black widow spider ("its venom is extremely potent")
Black-footed Ferret ("the most endangered mammal in North America")
blacklight paint (blacklight-reactive paint)
(blackout: see) power outage
(blackout of 2003: 2003 blackout: 3 meanings from disambiguation page)
- 2003 North America blackout
- 2003 Italy blackout
- 2003 London blackout
blackwater (waste)
(blast disease: see) Magnaporthe grisea (rice blast fungus)
blast fishing (dynamite fishing)
blast furnace
blast furnace gas (coverter gas) (LD gas)
blast gate
blast shelter
(blazing system: see) trail blazing (see "environmental concerns" in paragraph 2 of preamble and see a few environmental references elsewhere)
bleach

Bli-Blz

blight (plant disease)
blight (urban)
blind thrust earthquake
blister agent (vesicant)
blizzard
(Blizzard of 1888) Great Blizzard of '88 (in the northeast of the US)
Blizzard of 1977 (in the northeast of the US)
Blizzard of 1978 (in the northeast of the US)
(Blizzard of 1993) 1993 North American Storm Complex
Blizzard of 1996 (in the northeast of the US)
Blizzard of 2005 (in the northeast of the US)
block of metal in coal
blowhole (geology)
blowout (geology)
(blue gas) wood gas (producer gas) (syngas) (water gas) (air gas)
blue ice (aircraft)
blue ice (glacial)
blue ice runway
(blue water: see) maritime geography
Blue Whale ("endangered") (see under Population and whaling)
(blue-green algae) cyanobacteria (see "cyanotoxins" under Other)
(Blueprint for Survival: see) Manifesto for a Sustainable Society

Bm-Bn

Bo-Bom

boar hunting
bodies of water in Vancouver (in Canada)
bodies of water of Seattle (in the US)
body odor (bromhidrosis) (body odour)
Boer goat (see under Overstocking)
bog (see under World's largest wetlands and under Uses of bogs)
bog body (bog person)
Bogotá (in Colombia) (see under Bike Paths Network)
Bogota's Bike Paths Network (in Colombia)
Bohemian Forest (in Central Europe) (see under Nature and history)
boiler explosion
Boiling Lake (in Dominica in the Caribbean)
boiling points of the elements (data page)
boiling water reactor (BWR)
Boise greenbelt (in Idaho in the US)
Bolivian gas referendum, 2004
Bolivian Gas War
boll weevil ("the most destructive cotton pest in North America")
bolometer ("for measuring incident electromagnetic radiation")
bomb (see also list of bombs)
bomb disposal
(bomb shelter: see) air-raid shelter
bomb tower
bomb vessel (bomb ship) (bomb ketch)
Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit
Bombardier Guided Light Transit
(Bombay bombings, 1993) 1993 Mumbai bombings
Bombay Explosion (1944) (in India)
Bombay Natural History Society (in India)

Bon-Bos

bonanza farms
bone char (bone black) (animal charcoal) (see under Uses)
bone meal (organic fertilizer)
Bone Valley (in Florida in the US) (see "phosphate ... for... agricultural fertilizer" in paragraph 1)
bonfire (balefire)
Bonn Agreement (environment)
Bonnet Carré Spillway (near New Orleans in the US)
Bonneville Dam (between Washington and Oregon in the US)
Bonneville Slide (landslide in the Pacific Northwest of the US)
Bonny Light oil
booby trap
boosted fission weapon
booster rocket
Bootheel (Missouri Boothill) (in the US) (see under Fault zone)
bootleg mining
bootleg turn (maneuver by an automobile)
borax ("used in ... pesticides")
(border of space) Karman line
(boreal forest: see) taiga
Boreal Forest Conservation Framework (adopted in 2003) (in Canada)
borehole mining (BHM)
Borna disease ("an infectious neurological syndrome of warm-blooded animals")
(Bosporus Tunnel: see) Marmaray (in Turkey) ("to be finished in 2010")
Boston molasses disaster (Boston Molasses Flood) (in 1919) (in the US)
Boston University Biolabs

Bot-Boz

botanical garden (see also list of botanical gardens)
botanical name
(botanical names of wood: see) list of woods
botanical nomenclature
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) (in the US) ("a conservation science organization")
(botanical type) type (botany)
botany (see under Understand environmental changes)
bottled air
bottled water
(bottleneck effect: see) population bottleneck
Bottlenose Dolphin (see under Conservation and under Bottlenose Dolphins and humans)
Bottlenose whale (see under Conservation)
bottom fishing
bottom trawling
(bottoming cycle: see) cogeneration (combined heat and power) (CHP) (see under Types of plant)
botulin toxin
botulism
(boundary to space) Karman line
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (mad cow disease)
(bow echo) derecho (see also list of notable derecho events)
bow wave (see "Reducing the size of the bow wave")
Bowhead Whale ("seriously endangered") (see under Population Status)
(bowhunting: see) archery (see under Hunting)
box jellyfish (sea wasp) ("can be extremely deadly")
(Boxing Day earthquake: see) 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

Bp-Bq

BP (formerly British Petroleum)

Br-Brh

braced wall line (shear wall) (in structural engineering)
brackish water
Braconidae (a family of parasitoid wasps) (see "biological pest control")
bradyseism (in geology)
Brae oilfield (in the North Sea)
Brahman (cattle) (see paragraph 5)
brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC)
Brayton Fire Training Field (in Texas in the US)
Brazilian Highway System (see paragraphs 4 and 5 under Growth, Net Density, Importance & Problems)
Brazilian rocket explosion (in 2003)
Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira)
Brazilian wandering spider ("regarded by some as the most dangerous spider in the world")
breakwall
breakwater (structure)
breastfeeding (affecting the dairy industry, which affects the environment)
(breath odor) halitosis
breath spray
breathing gas
(breathing set: 5 meanings selected from disambiguation page)
- scuba set
- rebreather
- surface supplied diving
- SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus)
- space suit
(breeder reactor: see) fast breeder (fast breeder reactor) (FBR)
breeding back
Breeding Bird Survey
breeding program (see "endangered species" in point 3)
Brent Crude (a category of oil)
Brent oilfield ("one ... [part] of the United Kingdom's offshore oil assets")
Brent Spar (Brent E) (an oil storage and tanker loading buoy)

Bri-Bris

bridge (structure) (see also list of bridges and list of bridge disasters and list of road-rail bridges)
bridge-tunnel
bridges and tunnels in New York City
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (in Mumbai in India)
Brihanmumbai Storm Water Disposal System (planned) (in Mumbai in India)
brine (see "brine ponds" in paragraph 4)
Brisbane (in Australia) (see under Natural disasters)
(Brisbane 1974 flood) 1974 Brisbane flood (in Australia)
Bristol Channel (see under Ecology and under 1607 flood)
Bristol Channel floods, 1607 (in the UK)

Brit

Britain in Bloom (a horticultural competition)
Britannia Beach, British Columbia (in Canada) (see under Britannia Creek pollution)
British Agricultural Revolution
British Association of Nature Conservationists (BANC)
British Astronomical Association (BAA)
British avifauna (see under Introduced species)
British Birds (magazine)
British Birdwatching Fair
(British climate: see) climate of the United Kingdom (see under Severe weather and under Climate change)
British Columbia (see under Parks and Protected Areas and under Recreation)
British Columbia Coast (in Canada) (see under Fishery and under Environmental Issues)
(British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority: see) BC Hydro (see paragraph 3)
British Ecological Society (BES)
British European Airways Flight 548 (in 1972)
British Geological Survey (BGS)
British Geophysical Association
British Mountaineering Council (BMC)
British National Vegetation Classification (NVC)
(British Natural History Museum: see) Natural History Museum
British Naturalists' Association
(British Nuclear Fuels plc) BNFL
British nuclear tests at Maralinga (in Australia)
British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
(British Petroleum: renamed) BP
British Plant Communities (series of books)
British Society for Ecological Medicine (BSEM)
British Summer Time (BST) (Irish Summer Time) (IST)
British thermal unit (BTU) (Btu) (unit of energy) (see "heat value of fuels" in paragraph below table)
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
British Waterways (a government body)
British Wind Energy Association (BWEA)

Briu-Briz

Brj-Brz

(broad fish tapeworm: see) Diphyllobothriasis ("D. latum ... infects fish and mammals.") (see "human feces" in paragraph 4 under Life cycle)
broad-spectrum antibiotic (see "antibiotic resistance" in paragraph 3 under Uses)
broadcast seeding (in agriculture and gardening)
(bromhidrosis) body odor (body odour)
brominated flame-retardant (BFRs)
bromine (see under Precautions and under Recycling)
Bronx Zoo (in New York City in the US) (see "the largest man-made rainforest in the world" in paragraph 2)
Brooklyn Bridge (in New York City in the US) (see under A bridge for pedestrians in an age of automobiles)
Brown Bear (see under Habituation to human areas and under Bear encounters)
(brown coal) lignite
brown recluse spider (venomous)
brown rot ("a fungal condition that attacks stone fruit")
(brown water: see) maritime geography
(brush fire) wildfire (forest fire) (vegetation fire) (grass fire)

Bs-Bt

(BSE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease)
(Bt: see) Bacillus thuringiensis ("a bacterium ... used in crop protection")
(Bt corn: see) transgenic maize (see under Bt corn)
(Btk: 1 meaning selected from disambiguation page)
- Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki, a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis controversial for its widespread use as an aerial spray against invasive gypsy moth populations

Bu-Buh

(bubble car) microcar
Bubonic plague (see also list of Bubonic plague outbreaks)
bucket brigade
(bucket dredger: see) dredge (see under Bucket dredger)
bucket-wheel excavator
Buckfast bee (important pollinator)
Buckminster Fuller (American visionary, designer, architect, and inventor)
Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (1996) (documentary film)
(buckminsterfullerene: see) fullerene (see under Buckminsterfullerene and under Possible dangers)
(buckyball: see) fullerene
(buckytube: see) carbon nanotube
Budapest Treaty (Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure)
Buddhist vegetarianism
(buffalo: 3 meanings selected from disambiguation page)
- anoa (an endangered species)
- tamaraw (an endangered species)
- American Bison (see under Hunting and near-extinction and under Dangers)
Buffalo Commons
Buffalo Creek flood (in 1972) (in West Virginia in the US)
buffer gas ("an inert or nonflammable gas")
buffer stop (bumper) (on a railway)
buffer zone
(bug spray: see) insecticide (see under Environmental Effects)
bug vac
bug zapper
Bugaboo scrub fire (in 2007) (in Georgia and in Florida, in the US)
Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust (in the UK)

Bui-Buq

building code
building envelope
building indoor environment
building material
building weathering
built environment
bulk cargo
bulk carrier
bulk endotherms
bulk mail (see also: direct marketing)
bulk material handling
bulk tank (in dairy farming)
bulkhead (barrier)
bulkhead (partition)
(bull ant) Myrmecia (bulldog ant) (see "venom" and "painful sting" in paragraph 2)
bulldozer
(bullet train) Shinkansen (see "noise pollution" under Future)
bumblebee (see "buzz pollination" in paragraph 8 and see "in danger" in paragraph 10)
bumblebee bat ("one of the twelve most endangered species on the planet")
(Buncefield oil depot) Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal (in the UK)
(Buncefield oil depot fire: see) 2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire (in the UK)
bunker
bunker buster
(bunker fuel: see) fuel oil
(bunker silo: type of) storage silo
(bunny suit) cleanroom suit (clean room suit)

Bur

(Burbank train crash: see) Glendale train crash (in 2005) (in the Los Angeles area in the US)
Burchardi flood (in 1634) (in northern Europe)
Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (in France) ("for investigating aviation accidents")
(Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada) Transportation Safety Board
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATF) (in the US)
Bureau of Arms Control (in the US)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (in the US)
Bureau of Meteorology (in Australia)
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (in the US)
(Bureau of Reclamation: see) United States Bureau of Reclamation (formerly the United States Reclamation Service)
Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) (in Australia)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (in the US)
Burgan Field (in Kuwait) ("one of the world's largest and richest oil fields")
burial (interment)
burial at sea
(burial ground) cemetery (graveyard) (see also list of cemeteries)
burial liner (grave liner) (see "hazard" in paragraph 2)
burial vault (enclosure)
Burns Bog (in the Vancouver area in Canada) ("largest domed peat bog in North America")
burrow
burrowing nematode ("important parasite of ... crops")

Bus-Buz

bus
bus accident at Carrollton, Kentucky in 1988 (in the US)
bus bulb
bus bunching
bus deregulation (in Great Britain) (from 1986)
bus lane
bus rapid transit (BRT)
bus stop
bus terminus
bus transport in Singapore
bus turnout (bus pullout) (bus bay)
buses in London (in the UK)
buses in Melbourne (in Australia)
Buses Magazine (in the UK)
bush regeneration ("practiced in Australia")
bush taxi (speed taxi) (matatu) (in Africa)
bushfire
bushmeat
business action on climate change
bustard ("Most species are declining or endangered ...")
butane (see "When oxygen is limited" under Reactions and uses)
butterfly effect (see "weather" in paragraph 2)
butterfly net
butterfly watching (butterflying)
Buy Nothing Day (see "wasteful consumption habits" in paragraph 1)
buzz pollination

Bv-Bz

by-catch
by-product
bypass (road)
bypass route
byway open to all traffic (BOAT) (in the UK)