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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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atmospheric lifetime
Natural environment; Climate change
Atmospheric lifetime is the average time that a molecule resides in the atmosphere before it is removed by chemical reaction or deposition. This can also be thought of as the time that it takes after ...
global warming
Natural environment; Climate change
The recent and ongoing global average increase in temperature near the Earths surface.
ultraviolet radiation (UV)
Natural environment; Climate change
The energy range just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum. Although ultraviolet radiation constitutes only about 5 percent of the total energy emitted from the sun, it is the major energy ...
geosphere
Natural environment; Climate change
The soils, sediments, and rock layers of the Earth's crust, both continental and beneath the ocean floors.
halocarbons
Natural environment; Climate change
Compounds containing either chlorine, bromine or fluorine and carbon. Such compounds can act as powerful greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The chlorine and bromine containing halocarbons are also ...
greenhouse gas (GHG)
Natural environment; Climate change
Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases include, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, ...
emissions
Natural environment; Climate change
The release of a substance (usually a gas when referring to the subject of climate change) into the atmosphere.
