Climate change

Climate change

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

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anthropogenic

Natural environment; Climate change

Made by people or resulting from human activities. Usually used in the context of emissions that are produced as a result of human activities.

The location north or south in reference to the equator, which is designated at zero (0) degrees. Lines of latitude are parallel to the equator and circle the globe. The North and South poles are at ...

snowpack

Natural environment; Climate change

A seasonal accumulation of slow-melting snow.

enhanced greenhouse effect

Natural environment; Climate change

The concept that the natural greenhouse effect has been enhanced by increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (such as CO2 and methane) emitted as a result of human activities. These ...

chlorofluorocarbons

Natural environment; Climate change

Gases covered under the 1987 Montreal Protocol and used for refrigeration, air conditioning, packaging, insulation, solvents, or aerosol propellants. Since they are not destroyed in the lower ...

black carbon aerosol

Natural environment; Climate change

Black carbon (BC) is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM), and is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuels, and biomass. It is emitted directly ...

emissions factor

Natural environment; Climate change

A unique value for scaling emissions to activity data in terms of a standard rate of emissions per unit of activity (e.g., grams of carbon dioxide emitted per barrel of fossil fuel consumed, or per ...