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Term

Critical load

Term

(1) Carrying capacity is the ability of eco-systems/the earth to bear environmental load without significant damage. The threshold is the critical load. (2) The maximum load that a given system can tolerate before failing.

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EPER Pollution register glossary

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dataservice, http://dataservice.eea.eu.int

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http://www.eper.ec.europa.eu/eper/glossary.asp

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Long definition

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