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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.

La-Laj

La Leche League International (LLLI) (breastfeeding affects the dairy industry, which affects the environment)
La Posta Astro-Geophysical Observatory (in California)
La Selva Biological Station (in Costa Rica)
La Silla Observatory (in Chile)
La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve (in Quebec)
(lab mouse: see) House Mouse (see under Mice and men and under Mutant and transgenic strains)
(lab rat: see) House Mouse (see under Mice and men and under Mutant and transgenic strains)
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
Laboratory for Laser Energetics
(laboratory-grown meat) in vitro meat (see under Environment)
Lachine Canal (Canal de Lachine) (through Montreal)
Lachine Rapids (by Montreal)
lachrymatory agent (lachrymator)
(lactivists: see) breastfeeding
(lacto-ovo vegetarianism) ovo-lacto vegetarianism (to be merged or expanded or deleted or moved to Wiktionary)
lacto vegetarianism
ladybird (ladybug) (lady beetle) ("beneficial to organic gardeners")
lagoon
Lagos bat virus (causing rabies)
(Lagrangian point) (Lagrange point) (L-point) (libration point)
LaGuardia Airport (in New York City)
Laguna Fire (in California)

Lak

lake (see also list of lakes and list of lakes by area and list of lakes by depth and list of lakes by volume

and list of world's largest lakes and lists of lakes)

Lake Albert (Albert Nyanza) (in Africa)
Lake Athabaska (in Canada)
Lake Baikal (in Siberia)
Lake Balkhash (Lake Balqash) (in Kazakhstan)
lake breakout
Lake Chad (Lac Tchad) (in Africa)
lake dwelling
Lake Edward (in Africa)
lake effect snow (a snowsquall)
Lake Erie (in North America)
Lake Eyre (in Australia)
Lake freighter (Laker)
Lake Geneva (in Europe)
(lake herring) cisco (fish)
Lake Huron (in North America)
Lake Kivu (in Africa)
Lake Ladoga (in Russia near Finland)
Lake Lucerne (in Switzerland)
Lake Malawi (originally known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa and Lake Niassa) (in Africa)
Lake Manitoba (in Manitoba)
Lake Maracaibo (in Venezuela)
Lake Michigan (in North America)
Lake Michigan-Huron (in North America)
Lake Nicaragua (in Nicaragua)
Lake Onega (in Russia near Finland)
Lake Ontario (in North America)
lake retention time
lake stratification
Lake Superior (Gitchigume) (in North America)
Lake Superior Lowland (Superior Coastal Plain) (in Wisconsin)
Lake Superior Provincial Park (in Ontario)
Lake Superior State Park (in New York)
(lake surge: see) storm surge
Lake Tanganyika (in Africa)
Lake Titicaca (Lago Titicaca) (in South America)
Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) (in Africa)
Lake Volta (in Ghana in Africa)
Lake Winnipeg (in Manitoba)
Lake Winnipegosis (in Manitoba)
Lake Zürich (in Switzerland)
Lakehead Pipeline (Lakehead System) (in North America)

Lal-Lam

lamp
(lampblack) soot (carbon black)
lamplighter
lamprey (see under Relation to humans)

Lan-Lanc

Land (separate word)

land
land art (earth art)
land borders
(land breeze: see) sea breeze (seabreeze)
land bridge
(land classification: see) ecological land classification
land degradation
(land depression) depression (geology)
(land development: see) subdivision (land)
land economy
land elevation
land ethic
land grant
land grants in the Swan River Colony (in Australia)
land hemisphere
(land incentive: see) Homestead Act (in the US)
land incentivization (land incentivisation)
land lab
land lighthouse
(land mail) snail mail (paper mail)
land management
land measurement
land ownership and tenure
(land plant: see) plant
land reclamation
land reform (agrarian reform)
land rehabilitation
land rights
land sailing
(land seaweed: see) Salsola (see under Salsola as invasive species and under Salsola as food)
(land subdivision: see) subdivision (land)
land trust (see under Conservation land trusts)
land use
land use forecasting
(land use planning: see) urban planning
land vehicle
land yacht

Land (in hyphenated compound words)

Landa-Landz

Landbrukstidende (Norwegian agricultural magazine)
Landcare
Landcare Australia
Landcare Research New Zealand Limited (Manaaki Whenua)
landfall
landfill (see also list of landfills in Hong Kong)
(landfill gas: see) natural gas
landform (see under List of landforms)
landing
landing craft
Landing Craft Utility (LCU) (amphibious)
landings on other planets
landline or (main line) (in telephone communications)
landlocked
landmass
landmine (see also list of landmines)
Landmine Survivors Network
landscape
Landscape Arch (in Utah in the US)
landscape archaeology
(landscape architect: see) list of landscape architects
landscape architecture (see same for "landscape design" and for "landscape gardening")

landscape ecology
landscape engineering
landscape maintenance (groundskeeping)
LandSerf (geographical information system)
landslide

Lane-Lanz

Langila (active volcano)
lantern
lanternfish

Lao-Lat

Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP)
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) (see under Safety concerns)
larger context to habitats of Pachypodium
(largest buildings in the world: see) world's largest buildings
(largest cities [within political borders]: see) list of metropolitan areas by population
largest cities of the European Union by population
(largest cities of the United States: see) list of United States cities by population
(largest cities of the world: see) list of metropolitan areas by population
largest European metropolitan areas
largest organism
largest urban areas of the European Union
larva
Las Cruces Biological Station / Wilson Botanical Garden (in Costa Rica)
Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD)
laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)
laser applications
laser cooling
(laser propulsion: see) lightcraft
laser safety
laser snow
laser ultrasonics
Lassen Volcanic National Park (in California)

Lau-Laz

(laughing gas) nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide) (dinitrogen monoxide) (a greenhouse gas)
laurel forest
Laurentian River System (Ontario)
(Laurentian Shield) Canadian Shield (Laurentian Plateau)
lava (see under Towns destroyed by lava and under Towns partially destroyed by lava flows) (see also list of lava flows in Arizona)
Lava Beds National Monument (in California)
lava bomb
lava dome
lava fountain
(lava rock: see) igneous rock
(lava shield: see) shield volcano
Lava Tree State Monument (in Hawaii)
lava tube
(Law of the Sea) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (Law of the Sea) (LOS)
lawn (see under Maintenance and under Criticisms)
lawn mower (lawnmower)
(lawn trimmer) string trimmer
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (in California)
(laws of nature: see) physical law

Lb-Ld

Le

Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration) (The Travelling Birds) (documentary film)
leach
leachate
leaching
lead (see under Precautions and under Health effects)
lead(II) nitrate (see under Safety)
lead paint
lead poisoning
lead-acid battery
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
leaf
leaf blower
leaf mine
leaf mold
leafcutter ant
(leafflower) Phyllanthus
leafy sea dragon
League of American Bicyclists (LAB)
least developed countries (LDCs)
leaven
leech
legality of pet skunks in Virginia
legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease) (see under How is legionellosis spread? and under Where is the Legionella bacterium found?)
lemur (see under Endangered species)
Leningrad Zoo
lenticular cloud
(Leonid meteor shower) Leonids
Lepidoptera (second largest order of insects)
leprosy (Hansen's disease) (an infectious disease)
(less developed country: see) developing country
lettuce big-vein disease
leukemia (leukaemia) (see under Causes)

Lf-Lh

Li-Lif

lichen (see under Ecology)
lichenology
life
Life and Energy (book)
life cycle
life cycle assessment (life cycle analysis) (life cycle inventory) (ecobalance) (cradle-to-grave-analysis) (well-to-wheel analysis) (dust-to-dust energy cost)
life expectancy
(life ground: see) John McMurtry
Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough (television series)
(life science) biology
life support system
life zone
lifeform
lifestyle
lifestyle diseases (alternative medicine)

Lig

light (see also list of light sources)
(Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) LASER
(light bulb) incandescent light bulb
light crude oil
light industry
light pollution
light rail (light rail transit [LRT]) (see also list of light-rail transit systems)
(light rail in San Diego, California) San Diego Trolley
(light rail listing) list of light-rail transit systems
Light Rail Transit (see also list of United States Light Rail systems by ridership)
light railway
Light Rapid Transit
(light sail) solar sail
(light spectrum) electromagnetic spectrum
light therapy (phototherapy)
(light water graphite-moderated reactor) RBMK (in the Soviet Union)
light water reactor (LWR)
light-dependent reaction
Light-emitting diode (see under Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs))
lightcraft
lighter (fire starter)
lighter (barge)
lighter than air
lighthouse (see also list of lighthouses and lightvessels)
lightning
lightning rod (lightning protector) (lightning finial)
lightning safety
(lightning storm) thunderstorm (T-storm) (electrical storm)
lightvessel (lightship)
lignite (brown coal)

Lih-Lil

Lim-Lip

lime (mineral)
limelight
limestone ("vulnerable to acids, making acid rain a problem")
limiting factor
Limits to Growth (book) (and "Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update")
limnic eruption (lake overturn)
limnology
Limpopo National Park (in Mozambique in Africa)
Limpopo River (in Africa)
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) (in the US)
line source ("a source of air, noise, water contamination or electromagnetic radiation")
line-of-sight propagation (of electromagnetic signals)
linear particle accelerator (LINAC)
linen (made from flax)

Liq

liquefied natural gas (LNG)
(liquid aerosol: see) particulate
liquid air
liquid air cycle engine (LACE)
(liquid breathing) fluid breathing
(liquid cooling: see) computer cooling
liquid cooling for computers
liquid crystal display (LCD) ("uses very small amounts of electric power")
liquid fire
liquid fuels
liquid helium (used as a cryogenic refrigerant)
Liquid Hydrocarbon
(liquid hydrogen) LH2
liquid limit (of soil) (relevant to landslides)
(liquid mechanics) fluid mechanics (fluid dynamics)
(liquid natural gas) liquefied natural gas (LNG)
liquid nitrogen
Liquid nitrogen economy (Liquid Nitrogen [LN2] economy)
liquid oxygen (LOx) (LOX) (Lox)
liquid rocket
Liquid Rocket Booster (LRB)
liquid rocket propellants
Liquid Smoke ("a relatively natural food ingredient")
liquid water path
liquified petroleum gas (liquefied petroleum gas) (liquid petroleum gas) (LPG) (LP gas) (autogas)

Lir-Liu

(Lisbon earthquake of 1755) 1755 Lisbon earthquake
list of large wind farms
lithium (see under Precautions)
lithium economy
lithium ion battery (see under Warning)
(lithology: see) petrology
lithosphere
litter
(litter basket) dustbin
(litter bin) dustbin
litter box (litter tray)
litterbug
(littleleaf disease: see) Phytophthora cinnamomi
littoral
littoral drift

Liv-Liz

Livability Court
Livable Streets (book)
live food fish trade
livestock
livestock guardian dog
(living conditions: see) quality of life
(living foods diet) raw food diet
(Living Fossil: see) coelacanth
living fossil
living machines
living mulch
living museum
Living on Earth (weekly radio program)
(living organisms: see) organism
(living standard) standard of living
living street (home zone)
living systems theory
lizard ("chief impact ... on humans is positive")
Lizard Head Wilderness (in Colorado in the US)
Lizard Island National Park (in Australia)
(Lizard Peninsula: see) The Lizard (in the UK) (see under Ecology)
lizards in Canada

Lj-Ln

Lo-Lof

loach (fish) (scavenger)
load
loam (a type of soil)
lobster (scavenger)
lobster fishing
(local economics) community-based economics (community economics)
Local Emergency Planning Committee (in the US)
local food
Local Nature Reserve (LNR) (in England)
local-express lanes (collector-express lanes)
locally unwanted land use
location (geography)
locavore
loch
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park (in Scotland)
(lock [canal]: see) canal lock (navigation) (see under Disadvantages)
(Lockerbie air disaster) Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie bombing) (in Scotland)
(Lockport [geological formation]: see) Niagara Escarpment (see under Niagara Escarpment#World Biological Reserve)
locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal (in the UK)
locks on the River Thames (in the UK)
locomotion
locomotive
locust ("damage to crops")
locust swarm
Lodgepole Pine ("serious invasive plant in New Zealand")
lodging
loess (a type of soil)

Log-Lom

log
log bridge
log cabin
log driving
log flume
log home (log house)
(log road) corduroy road
(logboat) dugout (boat) (monoxylon)
logging
logistic engineering
Loihi Seamount ("undersea volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago")
Lolo National Forest (in Montana in the US)
Loma Prieta earthquake (in California)

Lon

London (see under Geography and climate and under Transport and infrastructure)
London commuter belt (London Metropolitan Area)
London congestion charge
London Cycling Campaign
London deep-level shelters
(London Horticultural Society: renamed) Royal Horticultural Society
London sewerage system
(London Smog Disaster of 1952) Great Smog of 1952
(London Tube) London Underground (subway system)
London's Transport Museum
Long-distance trail (see also list of long-distance footpaths)
longshore drift (LSD) (littoral drift)
Long-term Ecosystem Observatory (in New Jersey in the US)
Long Ashton Research Station (LARS) (in the UK)
Long Beach earthquake of 1933 (in California)
(Long Beach Freeway) Interstate 710 (in California)
Long Valley Caldera (in California)
longhorn beetle ("Several are serious pests")
longitudinal waves (compressional waves) (pressure waves)
longwall mining
longwave
longwave radiation
(longwave transmitter: see) transmitter

Loo-Lov

Lorentz National Park (in Indonesia)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness (New Wilderness) (television nature documentary series)
Los Angeles, California (see under Climate and under Seismic activity and under Real Estate)
Los Angeles Alligator Farm
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Basin
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles River
Los Angeles Zoo
(Losangelization: see) urban sprawl (suburban sprawl)
(loss of habitat: see) habitat destruction
loudness
loudspeaker
loudspeaker acoustics
lough
Louisiade Archipelago (southeast of Papua New Guinea)
Louisiana State Arboretum
Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute
Louisville Zoo (in Louisville, Kentucky)
(Louisville and Portland Canal: renamed) McAlpine Locks and Dam (in Louisville, Kentucky)
Love Canal (in Niagara Falls, New York)

Low-Loz

low Earth orbit (LEO)
low explosive
low floor (in vehicles such as buses, trolleybuses, and trams)
Low intensity conflict (LIC)
low island
low level waste
low noise amplifier (LNA)
low pressure area (see same for "low-pressure cell")
(low water: see) tide
Low-carbon economy
low-energy house
(low-energy light bulb: see) compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) (compact fluorescent light bulb)
low-frequency radar
low-noise block converter (LNB, for low-noise block) (LNC, for low-noise converter)
(low-occupancy vehicle: see) single-occupancy vehicle
low-power
low-power broadcasting
(low-temperature: see) cryogenics
low-technology
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS)
(lower explosive limit [LEL]: see) explosive limit
Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate
(lowest astrnomical tide: see) chart datum
(lowest elevations: see) list of places on land with elevations below sea level
lowest published lethal dose
lowest safe altitude (LSALT)
Loy Yang Power Station, Victoria (in Australia)

Lp-Lt

Lu-Lum

Luarica diamond mine (in Angola)
lubricant
Lucens reactor (in Switzerland)
Luddite
Ludington Lighthouse (in Michigan in the US)
Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant (in Michigan in the US)
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (global)
lumber (see especially under Preservatives)
(lumber mill) sawmill
lumberjack
lumen (unit)
luminance
luminescence
luminosity
luminous efficiency
luminous energy
luminous flux
luminous intensity
luminous paint
(luminous pollution) light pollution (photopollution)
(luminous shark) cookiecutter shark (cigar shark)

Lun-Luz

Lv-Lz

lye
Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) ("an infectious tick-borne disease")
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC)
lysocline (relevant to global warming)

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