climate change vocabulary
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11 Terms
Anthropogenic
Resulting from or caused by the influence of human beings on nature
Carbon sequestration
Long-term storage or isolation of carbon in a material through biological or physical process
Sink
A sink consumes or store something
source
A source produces something also considered the origin of something
Albedo
A measure of the reflective power of a substance
Consensus
General agreement
Phenology
Relationship between climate and the timing of biological events like breeding and immigration
Paleoclimatology
The study of past climates using proxy substitute data
Correlation
How strongly two or more variables are related correlation does NOT mean conclusion
Negative feedback
Original change, which causes second change, which negates the original change
Positive feedback
Original change causes second change, which amplifies the original change
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