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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Southern oscillation (enso)
Natural environment; Climate change
El Niño, in its original sense, is a warm water current that periodically flows along the coast of Ecuador and Peru, disrupting the local fishery. This oceanic event is associated with a fluctuation ...
Methane
Natural environment; Climate change
A hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential most recently estimated at 25 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane (CH4) is produced through anaerobic (without oxygen) ...
Deforestation
Natural environment; Climate change
Those practises or processes that result in the conversion of forested lands for non-forest uses. Deforestation contributes to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations for two reasons: 1) the ...
Carbon dioxide fertilisation
Natural environment; Climate change
The enhancement of the growth of plants as a result of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. Depending on their mechanism of photosynthesis, certain types of plants are more sensitive to changes ...
Metric tonne
Natural environment; Climate change
Common international measurement for the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions. A metric tonne is equal to 2205 lbs or 1.1 short tons.
Permafrost
Natural environment; Climate change
Perennially (continually) frozen ground that occurs where the temperature remains below 0°C for several years.
Radiation
Natural environment; Climate change
Energy transfer in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles that release energy when absorbed by an object.
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