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boron, a metalloid element
Bølling/Allerød (climate/time units)
&ISO; country code for Bosnia-Herzegovina
The British Association for the Advancement of Science. See &LINK001;
barium, an alkaline earth element
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. See &LINK002;
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (&IGBP; project). See &LINK003;
Baltic Sea Experiment (component of &GEWEX;)
Background Air Pollution Monitoring (component of &WMO; / &UNEP;)
Reconstruction of past ecosystems by barcoding DNA preserved in permafrost. See &LINK011;
British Antarctic Survey. See &LINK004;
Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment (Canada, contribution to &GEWEX;)
Biosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network (component of &GCTE;)
Barents Sea Impact Study (&IASC; core project). See &LINK005;
Boreal-Atlantic transition
Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in situ Studies in Amazonia (component of &BAHC; / &GEWEX;)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (branch of US Treasury Department, federal)
Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics (component of &IGAC;)
Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme, a component of climate models
&ISO; country code for Barbados
bone bed
billion barrels, a measure of oil production
Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge
British Columbia (Canadian Province)
bulk carbonate
&BC; Association of Professional Consulting Archaeologists (Canada) See &LINK006;
before Christian era or before common era, the "politically correct" version of B.C.
below datum, referencing system used in archaeology
&ISO; country code for Bangladesh
Baikal Drilling Project
&ISO; country code for Belgium
beryllium, an alkaline earth element
Bose-Einstein condensate
Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg
British Ecological Society
prefix for radiocarbon dates produced by Beta Analytic Inc., Miami, Florida (USA). See &LINK007;
&ISO; country code for Burkina Faso
benthic foraminiferal oxygen index
Boreal Forest Transect Case Study (Forestry Canada, Federal, project)
&ISO; country code for Bulgaria
British Geomorphological Research Group (UK). See &LINK008;
British Geological Survey. See &LINK009;
Prefix used for radiocarbon dates produced at Brock University's Geological Sciences Department, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
&ISO; country code for Bahrain
bohrium. a transition metal element
benzene hexachloride, a pesticide
&ISO; country code for Burundi
bismuth, a metallic element
Biomass Burning Experiment: Impact on the Biosphere and Atmosphere (&IGAC; activity)
Biomass Burning and Lightning Experiment (component of &IGAC;)
banded iron formation(s)
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
project to reconstruct land cover at 300 years ago (&PAGES; / &LUCC;)
British Ice Sheet
&ISO; country code for Benin
bankfull
berkelium, a radioactive element
Boundary Layer Airflow and Sediment Transport. Research Unit based at University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. See &LINK010;
Bureau of Land Management (federal agency, US)
&ISO; country code for Bermuda
prefix for radiocarbon dates produced at British Museum, London (UK)
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (Australia)
British Micropalaeontological Society (UK)
Bureau of Motor Vehicles (US, federal)
&ISO; country code for Brunei Darussalam
Banff National Park (Canada)
&ISO; country code for Bolivia
biological oxygen demand
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (part of the &USA;'s Department of the Interior (&DOI;)
back of house, the non-public areas of a theatre or museum
beginning of input (e.g., in a computer program)
barrels of oil per producing day
Boreal Ecosystems-Atmosphere Study (component of &BAHC; and &GEWEX;)
the name of a scientific journal
base pair(s), in molecular genetics
before present, strictly before the baseline for radiocarbon dating, 1950 C.E.
beyond petroleum
bisphenol A, a checmical used in the manufacture of polycarbonates
best practices manual
&ISO; country code for Brazil
bromine, a halogen element
biosphere reserve
Brazil, Russia, India, and China, four fast-rising industrial nations
below surface, referencing system used in archaeology
&ISO; country code for Bahamas
bovine serum albumin, used in molecular analysis
biological species concept
biological soil crusts
back-scattered electron, used to describe a type of imagery
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad cow disease
British Sedimentological Research Group (UK)
bottom-simulating reflectors
&BSTFA;, a standard used in &TLC;
&ISO; country code for Bhutan
identifier for specimens from the Burke Museum of Natural History, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
&ISO; country code for Bouvet Island
British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean
&ISO; country code for Botswana
&ISO; country code for Belarus
&ISO; country code for Belize