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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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hydrocarbons
Natural environment; Climate change
Hydrocarbons are compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon only. All fossil fuels - such as coal, oil and gas - are hydrocarbons, until they are burnt when they mix with oxygen, creating (amongst ...
hydropower
Natural environment; Climate change
Hydropower (or hydroelectric power) is the generation of electricity using the power of falling water.
incandescent bulbs
Natural environment; Climate change
Incandescents are traditional lightbulbs that use a filament (a thin thread of metal, usually tungsten wire) inside a glass bulb that glows white hot as electricity passes through it. The filament is ...
inert gas
Natural environment; Climate change
Inert gases are those, including helium and neon, that are not normally chemically reactive. The inert gases argon and krypton are often used in sealed double glazing units because they don't conduct ...
joint implementation (JI)
Natural environment; Climate change
An agreement between two parties whereby one party struggling to meet its emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol earns emission reduction units from another party's emission removal project. ...
kilowatt-hours (kWh)
Natural environment; Climate change
A kilowatt-hour is an amount of energy equivalent to a power of one kilowatt (a thousand watts) running for one hour. The unit is commonly used on electricity meters. If you know how many ...
kitemark
Natural environment; Climate change
The kitemark is a symbol signifying that a product or service has met a standard set by the British Standards Institution (BSI) Product Services division.
