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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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fluorocarbons
Natural environment; Climate change
Carbon-fluorine compounds that often contain other elements such as hydrogen, chlorine, or bromine. Common fluorocarbons include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), ...
sea surface temperature
Natural environment; Climate change
The temperature in the top several feet of the ocean, measured by ships, buoys and drifters.
global average temperature
Natural environment; Climate change
An estimate of Earths mean surface air temperature averaged over the entire planet.
vulnerability
Natural environment; Climate change
The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, ...
ozone precursors
Natural environment; Climate change
Chemical compounds, such as carbon monoxide, methane, non-methane hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides, which in the presence of solar radiation react with other chemical compounds to form ozone, mainly ...
fuel switching
Natural environment; Climate change
In general, this is substituting one type of fuel for another. In the climate-change discussion it is implicit that the substituted fuel produces lower carbon emissions per unit energy produced than ...
carbon capture and sequestration
Natural environment; Climate change
Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a set of technologies that can greatly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing coal- and gas-fired power plants, industrial processes, and ...
