Climate change

Climate change

The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.

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Relative sea level rise

Natural environment; Climate change

The increase in ocean water levels at a specific location, taking into account both global sea level rise and local factors, such as local subsidence and uplift. Relative sea level rise is measured ...

Ultraviolet radiation (UV)

Natural environment; Climate change

The energy range just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum. Although ultraviolet radiation constitutes only about 5 percent of the total energy emitted from the sun, it is the major energy ...

Climate

Natural environment; Climate change

Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the "average weather," or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of ...

Trace gas

Natural environment; Climate change

Any one of the less common gases found in the Earth's atmosphere. Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon make up more than 99 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. Other gases, such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, ...

Adaptive capacity

Natural environment; Climate change

The ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences.