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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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subsiding
Natural environment; Climate change
The downward settling of the Earth's crust relative to its surroundings.
forcing mechanism
Natural environment; Climate change
A process that alters the energy balance of the climate system, i.e. changes the relative balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation from Earth. Such mechanisms include ...
concentration
Natural environment; Climate change
Amount of a chemical in a particular volume or weight of air, water, soil, or other medium.
climate change
Natural environment; Climate change
Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time. In other words, climate change includes major changes in temperature, precipitation, ...
biogeochemical cycle
Natural environment; Climate change
Movements through the Earth system of key chemical constituents essential to life, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Natural environment; Climate change
The Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource ...
fluorinated gases
Natural environment; Climate change
Powerful synthetic greenhouse gases such as hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride that are emitted from a variety of industrial processes. Fluorinated gases are sometimes used ...
