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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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toxins
Natural environment; Climate change
A toxin is a chemical compound from one organism that is harmful to another organism.
carbon leakage
Natural environment; Climate change
A term used to refer to the problem whereby industry relocates to countries where emission regimes are weaker, or non-existent.
troposphere
Natural environment; Climate change
The lowest level of the atmosphere, from the surface to about 10km. It is the level at which clouds form and where our weather phenomena occur.
carbon neutral
Natural environment; Climate change
A business or a process is described as carbon neutral if it doesn't add to the net amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. This can be achieved either by emitting no CO2 to begin with - by using only ...
turbulence
Natural environment; Climate change
Turbulence describes irregular eddies of air within the general air current. It can be caused when wind flows over obstacles such as trees or buildings and gets 'churned up', so it no longer has a ...
water meter
Natural environment; Climate change
A device used to measure the volume of water used by a household or business. Billing people for the water they actually use, rather than a fixed annual charge, is increasingly common in the UK, and ...
carbon offsetting
Natural environment; Climate change
A way of compensating for emissions of CO2 by participating in, or funding, efforts to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. Offsetting often involves paying another party, somewhere else, to save ...
