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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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salt water intrusion
Natural environment; Climate change
Displacement of fresh or ground water by the advance of salt water due to its greater density, usually in coastal and estuarine areas.
respiration
Natural environment; Climate change
The process whereby living organisms convert organic matter to CO2, releasing energy and consuming O2.
adaptive capacity
Natural environment; Climate change
The ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences.
relative sea level rise
Natural environment; Climate change
The increase in ocean water levels at a specific location, taking into account both global sea level rise and local factors, such as local subsidence and uplift. Relative sea level rise is measured ...
trace gas
Natural environment; Climate change
Any one of the less common gases found in the Earth's atmosphere. Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon make up more than 99 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. Other gases, such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, ...
heat waves
Natural environment; Climate change
A prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity.
climate
Natural environment; Climate change
Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the "average weather," or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of ...
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