climate change vocabulary

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