Climate change

Climate change

The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.

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atmosphere

Natural environment; Climate change

The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1% volume mixing ratio) and oxygen (20.9% volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace ...

aerosols

Natural environment; Climate change

Small particles or liquid droplets in the atmosphere that can absorb or reflect sunlight depending on their composition.

cryosphere

Natural environment; Climate change

One of the interrelated components of the Earth's system, the cryosphere is frozen water in the form of snow, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), floating ice, and glaciers. Fluctuations in the ...

hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

Natural environment; Climate change

Compounds containing only hydrogen, fluorine, and carbon atoms. They were introduced as alternatives to ozone depleting substances in serving many industrial, commercial, and personal needs. HFCs are ...

biosphere

Natural environment; Climate change

The part of the Earth system comprising all ecosystems and living organisms, in the atmosphere, on land (terrestrial biosphere) or in the oceans (marine biosphere), including derived dead organic ...

nitrous oxide (N2O)

Natural environment; Climate change

A powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential of 298 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2). Major sources of nitrous oxide include soil cultivation practices, especially the use of ...