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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

Climate system

Natural environment; Climate change

The five physical components (atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere) that are responsible for the climate and its variations.

Snowpack

Natural environment; Climate change

A seasonal accumulation of slow-melting snow.

Thermohaline circulation

Natural environment; Climate change

Large-scale density-driven circulation in the ocean, caused by differences in temperature and salinity. In the North Atlantic the thermohaline circulation consists of warm surface water flowing ...

Radiative forcing

Natural environment; Climate change

A measure of the influence of a particular factor (e.g. greenhouse gas (GHG), aerosol, or land use change) on the net change in the Earths energy balance.

Conference of the parties

Natural environment; Climate change

The supreme body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It comprises more than 180 nations that have ratified the Convention. Its first session was held in Berlin, ...

Phenology

Natural environment; Climate change

The timing of natural events, such as flower blooms and animal migration, which is influenced by changes in climate. Phenology is the study of such important seasonal events. Phenological events are ...

Coal mine methane

Natural environment; Climate change

Coal mine methane is the subset of coalbed methane that is released from the coal seams during the process of coal mining. For more information, visit the Coalbed Methane Outreach programme site.

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