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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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thermal expansion
Natural environment; Climate change
The increase in volume (and decrease in density) that results from warming water. A warming of the ocean leads to an expansion of the ocean volume, which leads to an increase in sea level.
radiative forcing
Natural environment; Climate change
A measure of the influence of a particular factor (e.g. greenhouse gas (GHG), aerosol, or land use change) on the net change in the Earths energy balance.
recycling
Natural environment; Climate change
Collecting and reprocessing a resource so it can be used again. An example is collecting aluminum cans, melting them down, and using the aluminum to make new cans or other aluminum products.
biomass
Natural environment; Climate change
Materials that are biological in origin, including organic material (both living and dead) from above and below ground, for example, trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, roots, and animals and animal ...
streamflow
Natural environment; Climate change
The volume of water that moves over a designated point over a fixed period of time. It is often expressed as cubic feet per second (ft3/sec).
climate lag
Natural environment; Climate change
The delay that occurs in climate change as a result of some factor that changes only very slowly. For example, the effects of releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere occur gradually over ...
stratosphere
Natural environment; Climate change
Region of the atmosphere between the troposphere and mesosphere, having a lower boundary of approximately 8 km at the poles to 15 km at the equator and an upper boundary of approximately 50 km. ...
