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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Parts per million by volume (ppmv)
Natural environment; Climate change
Number of parts of a chemical found in one million parts of a particular gas, liquid, or solid.
Abrupt climate change
Natural environment; Climate change
Sudden (on the order of decades), large changes in some major component of the climate system, with rapid, widespread effects.
Sink
Natural environment; Climate change
Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere.
Evaporation
Natural environment; Climate change
The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
Carbon footprint
Natural environment; Climate change
The total amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere each year by a person, family, building, organization, or company. A persons carbon footprint includes greenhouse gas ...
Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change (IPCC)
Natural environment; Climate change
The IPCC was established jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological organisation in 1988. The purpose of the IPCC is to assess information in the scientific and ...
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