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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Biomass boiler/stove
Natural environment; Climate change
A biomass boiler is a central heating system or a stove powered by biomass (usually wood) rather than fossil fuels form of pellets or wood.
Black carbon
Natural environment; Climate change
The soot that results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuels, and biomass (wood, animal dung, etc.). It is the most potent climate-warming aerosol. Unlike greenhouse gases, which ...
Business as usual
Natural environment; Climate change
A scenario used for projections of future emissions assuming no action, or no new action, is taken to mitigate the problem. Some countries are pledging not to reduce their emissions but to make ...
Cap and trade
Natural environment; Climate change
An emission trading scheme whereby businesses or countries can buy or sell allowances to emit greenhouse gases via an exchange. The volume of allowances issued adds up to the limit, or cap, imposed ...
Anthropogenic climate change
Natural environment; Climate change
Man-made climate change - climate change caused by human activity as opposed to natural processes.
Atmosphere
Natural environment; Climate change
The atmosphere is the name for the mixture of gases surrounding the earth and retained there by the planet's gravitational pull - our air, in other words. The atmosphere comprises the troposphere, ...
Atmospheric aerosols
Natural environment; Climate change
Microscopic particles suspended in the lower atmosphere that reflect sunlight back to space. These generally have a cooling affect on the planet and can mask global warming. They play a key role in ...
