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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Respiration
Natural environment; Climate change
The process whereby living organisms convert organic matter to CO2, releasing energy and consuming O2.
Eccentricity
Natural environment; Climate change
The extent to which the Earth's orbit around the Sun departs from a perfect circle.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Natural environment; Climate change
The Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. It recognises that the climate system is a shared resource ...
Ocean acidification
Natural environment; Climate change
Increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in sea water causing a measurable increase in acidity (i.e., a reduction in ocean pH). This may lead to reduced calcification rates of calcifying organisms ...
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs)
Natural environment; Climate change
Organic compounds, other than methane, that participate in atmospheric photochemical reactions.
Natural gas
Natural environment; Climate change
Underground deposits of gases consisting of 50 to 90 percent methane (CH4) and small amounts of heavier gaseous hydrocarbon compounds such as propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10).
Global warming potential
Natural environment; Climate change
A measure of the total energy that a gas absorbs over a particular period of time (usually 100 years), compared to carbon dioxide.
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