Climate change

Climate change

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

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carbon dioxide

Natural environment; Climate change

A naturally occurring gas, and also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and other industrial processes. It is the principal human caused greenhouse gas that ...

coral bleaching

Natural environment; Climate change

The process in which a coral colony, under environmental stress expels the microscopic algae (zooxanthellae) that live in symbiosis with their host organisms (polyps). The affected coral colony ...

parts per billion (PPB)

Natural environment; Climate change

Number of parts of a chemical found in one billion parts of a particular gas, liquid, or solid mixture.

co-benefit

Natural environment; Climate change

The benefits of policies that are implemented for various reasons at the same time including climate change mitigation acknowledging that most policies designed to address greenhouse gas mitigation ...

carbon cycle

Natural environment; Climate change

All parts (reservoirs) and fluxes of carbon. The cycle is usually thought of as four main reservoirs of carbon interconnected by pathways of exchange. The reservoirs are the atmosphere, terrestrial ...

phenology

Natural environment; Climate change

The timing of natural events, such as flower blooms and animal migration, which is influenced by changes in climate. Phenology is the study of such important seasonal events. Phenological events are ...