Climate change

Climate change

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

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mineral wool

Natural environment; Climate change

Mineral wool refers to any of several lightweight, fibrous materials used as insulation and created by blowing air or steam through molten blast-furnace slag (slag wool), molten rock (rock wool) or ...

mitigation

Natural environment; Climate change

Action that will reduce man-made climate change. This includes action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or absorb greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

monoculture

Natural environment; Climate change

Monoculture is the practice of planting a single crop, or genetically similar crops, over a wide area. Its advantages to growers are that the crop may thrive in conditions tailored to its success and ...

natural greenhouse effect

Natural environment; Climate change

The natural level of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, which keeps the planet about 30C warmer than it would otherwise be - essential for life as we know it. Water vapour is the most important ...

nitrogen oxides

Natural environment; Climate change

Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen, two elements that do not normally react with each other but will do so during high temperature combustion – such as in a car engine. Examples ...

offsetting

Natural environment; Climate change

Offsetting, or carbon offsetting, refers to the (highly contentious) principle that a company or individual can mitigate or even entirely neutralise the effects of their CO2 emissions by investing in ...

weather

Natural environment; Climate change

The state of the atmosphere with regard to temperature, cloudiness, rainfall, wind and other meteorological conditions. It is not the same as climate which is the average weather over a much longer ...