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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Natural environment; Climate change
A plausible and often simplified description of how the future may develop based on a coherent and internally consistent set of assumptions about driving forces and key relationships.
sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)
Natural environment; Climate change
A colorless gas soluble in alcohol and ether, slightly soluble in water. A very powerful greenhouse gas used primarily in electrical transmission and distribution systems and as a dielectric in ...
climate system
Natural environment; Climate change
The five physical components (atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere) that are responsible for the climate and its variations.
particulate matter (PM)
Natural environment; Climate change
Very small pieces of solid or liquid matter such as particles of soot, dust, fumes, mists or aerosols. The physical characteristics of particles, and how they combine with other particles, are part ...
deforestation
Natural environment; Climate change
Those practices or processes that result in the conversion of forested lands for non-forest uses. Deforestation contributes to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations for two reasons: 1) the ...
permafrost
Natural environment; Climate change
Perennially (continually) frozen ground that occurs where the temperature remains below 0°C for several years.
subsidence
Natural environment; Climate change
The downward settling of the Earth's crust relative to its surroundings.
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