Climate change

Climate change

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

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condensing boiler

Natural environment; Climate change

A condensing boiler captures and uses energy contained in the water vapour given off when gas or oil is burned. In a non-condensing boiler this vapour leaves via a heat-resistant gas tube, or 'flue', ...

country in transition

Natural environment; Climate change

Broadly speaking, any ex-Soviet bloc state. At the time the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997, these countries were on the path from a Communist planned economy to a market economy. Many of them ...

dangerous climate change

Natural environment; Climate change

Dangerous climate change is a term introduced by the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - the treaty that led to the Kyoto protocol. In general terms, it refers to climate change of ...

deforestation

Natural environment; Climate change

The permanent removal of standing forests that can lead to significant levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

deforestation/reforestation

Natural environment; Climate change

Deforestation is the conversion, long term, of areas of forested land to non-forested land through human activity. (Where cleared areas are quickly replanted, it is not regarded as deforestation.) ...

diesel

Natural environment; Climate change

Ordinary diesel, like regular petrol, is refined from oil but it is a thicker, heavier liquid with a higher 'energy density' - meaning it offers better fuel economy. On the down side, unless you buy ...

dioxins

Natural environment; Climate change

Dioxins are chlorine-containing chemical compounds formed and emitted into the atmosphere usually as byproducts of human activity - waste incineration and fuel combustion being common examples. They ...