climate change
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FlashcardsClimate Change
It refers to the statistically significant changes in climate for continuous period of time.
Global Warming
It refers to the increase of Earth’s normal temperature as a result greenhouse gases’ accumulation in the atmosphere.
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Climate Change
It refers to the statistically significant changes in climate for continuous period of time.
Global Warming
It refers to the increase of Earth’s normal temperature as a result greenhouse gases’ accumulation in the atmosphere.
Water Vapor
The most abundant and important greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
Halocarbon
It destroys ozone in the stratosphere and have caused the ozone hole over Antartica.
Eccentricity
It is the shape of the earth orbit that influences seasonal differences; spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Obliquity
It is the variation of the tilt of Earth’s axis, away from the orbital plane.
Precession
It is the change in orientation of earth’s rotational axis.
Geoengineering
It is the intentional manipulation of our environmental the global scale. It involves engaging in planetary-scale manipulation of the earth in such a way as to offset the warming impacts of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.