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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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habitat fragmentation
Natural environment; Climate change
A process during which larger areas of habitat are broken into a number of smaller patches of smaller total area, isolated from each other by a matrix of habitats unlike the original habitat. (Fahrig ...
carbon dioxide equivalent
Natural environment; Climate change
A metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global warming potential (GWP). Carbon dioxide equivalents are commonly expressed as "million metric tons ...
wastewater
Natural environment; Climate change
Water that has been used and contains dissolved or suspended waste materials.
troposphere
Natural environment; Climate change
The lowest part of the atmosphere from the surface to about 10 km in altitude in mid-latitudes (ranging from 9 km in high latitudes to 16 km in the tropics on average) where clouds and "weather" ...
photosynthesis
Natural environment; Climate change
The process by which plants take CO2 from the air (or bicarbonate in water) to build carbohydrates, releasing O2 in the process. There are several pathways of photosynthesis with different responses ...
residence time
Natural environment; Climate change
The average time spent in a reservoir by an individual atom or molecule. With respect to greenhouse gases, residence time refers to how long on average a particular molecule remains in the ...
albedo
Natural environment; Climate change
The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage.
