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A

act of man : an extraordinary weather event generated by the impact of human activity on the earth’s biosphere

anarboralgia : loss of concentration due to lack of exposure to views of trees through windows

arborphoria : the beneficial effect of looking at trees on academic and other performance

B

barge bums: barnacles living on the side of a boat

bitterchoke: damage done to vegetation by the invasive vine Bittersweet

C

cleat mulch: goose poop on an athletic playing field

D

dauthus plasticus: death by plastic ingestion

digital jungle: nature is becoming more an engineered object, technology is becoming more complex, more like nature

dove slop: trash eaten by pigeons

F

fence-burl: chunk of tree trunk or branches remaining on a chain link fence after the rest has been cut away

fishluv: the curiosity and affinity that seals and people have for each other when playing in the surf. the interest the anxiety

floral confusion: when you mistake a real plant for a fake plant

G

ghost hall: the structure left behind inside an abandoned mineshaft

gold dust: coating of pollen on car

H

high bunk: a birds nest on a skyscraper

hominal conflagration: wild fires caused by matches

hoop sag: car tires get flat when the weather gets colder

hubcap lap: the way an animal runs from car traffic, darting

human work: structure you come across in the woods that could only have been made by a human

K

killit: group of wild turkeys walking around a city neighborhood at Thanksgiving time

L

log zap: tree falling on a power line

M

Mamalite: plastic synthesized from human breast milk

mary-ding: dent in a car made by hail

melt down break: genetic mutations in plants & animals from nuclear power plant disaster

metrocone: stalagmites and stalactites in a subway system

N

nutnick: dent in a car made by a falling acorn

P

pan-nature: all of nature including humans and human output (needed a different word, "nature" doesn't work any more)

petrol mortis: corpse of an animal killed by oil spill

prismus lacu: rainbow sheen of oil on water

R

reanimalia: animals living in abandoned vehicles or buildings

roadwort: ivy on traffic light

root-kilter: a slab of sidewalk forced out of place by a growing tree root

rubbish kill: animals dying because of human garbage

S

screenaxed: the way trees look on video

skreek: the sound made when a branch scrapes against the side of a building

solastalgia: "people's emotional distress when their home landscapes become unrecognizeable through environmental change"

Slow Plastic: a movement involving synthesizing plastic at home from everyday ingredients, and using to make everyday objects for regular use

sootwhistle: asthma caused by smog

spectrum of influence: the spectrum of no human influence (untouched wilderness) to all human influence (city - concrete jungle)

sticky rime: frost on a car windshield that's hard to wipe off

T

the entanglement: the way in which nature and technology are becoming more and more entangled

the murks: feeling of unwellness produced in city residents by high levels of smog

the whole anthill: the whole earth as a site of human activity

timber trap: tree growing through a metal chain link fence

timbercake: property squashed under a fallen tree in extreme weather

tindersoak: electrical fire caused by a rainstorm shorting the electricity in a building

track-flaque: rain puddle in a road

transatmosphobia: worry about climate change

U

unsettling the veil: the way an airplane changes the shape of a cloud as it moves through it