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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Geological sequestration
Natural environment; Climate change
The injection of carbon dioxide into underground geological formations. When CO2 is injected into declining oil fields it can help to recover more of the oil.
Geothermal
Natural environment; Climate change
Geothermal energy is energy from the inner core of the earth where molten rock heats the water just below the surface of the earth, or from the sun's energy trapped just below the earth's surface. ...
Global average temperature
Natural environment; Climate change
The mean surface temperature of the Earth measured from three main sources: satellites, monthly readings from a network of over 3,000 surface temperature observation stations and sea surface ...
Water pressure
Natural environment; Climate change
Water pressure is the force that pushes water through pipes and determines the rate of flow from your taps. Water companies are required to provide water at a pressure that will reach the upper ...
Watt
Natural environment; Climate change
A watt is a unit of power. Power is the rate at which energy is used, and a watt is equal to a rate of one joule of energy per second. Watts are commonly used when referring to the energy consumption ...
Weather
Natural environment; Climate change
The state of the atmosphere with regard to temperature, cloudiness, rainfall, wind and other meteorological conditions. It is not the same as climate which is the average weather over a much longer ...
White goods
Natural environment; Climate change
A general term usually applied to major domestic electric appliances, such as fridges and washing machines.
