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Climate change

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

Contributors in Climate change

Climate change

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.

Megacities

Natural environment; Climate change

Cities with populations over 10 million.

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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