Test your knowledge of Climate Change terminology.
The acquisition of knowledge through the collection and analysis of data.
A carbon-rich compound formed over geological time from organic materials, and burned by humans for energy.
The body of human knowledge about the physical universe.
Gases that trap solar heat energy in the atmosphere.
The trapping of solar energy by certain gases in the atmosphere.
A carbon-rich compound formed over geological time from organic materials, and burned by humans for energy.
Common chemical element on Earth, notable for its importance in living (organic) materials and in some greenhouse gases.
A carbon-rich compound formed over geological time from organic materials, and burned by humans for energy.
Average weather (rainfall, wind, temperature) conditions for a location on the Earth’s surface.
The blanketing effect of clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The conversion of cosmic rays into infra-red radiation by certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature due to the greenhouse effect.
Alteration of average weather conditions over time.
Average weather conditions for a location on the Earth’s surface.
The temperature at which glaciers begin rapid melting.
The occurrence of heatwaves due to global warming.
Alteration of average weather conditions over time.
The alteration of average temperature, wind and rainfall by human activities such as burning coal.
The trapping of solar energy by certain gases in the atmosphere.
The conversion of cosmic rays into infra-red radiation by certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The blanketing effect of clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.
A factor (e.g. temperature) affecting a natural system (e.g. a forest), the level of that factor which causes a rapid and irreversible change of state (e.g. forest fire and conversion to savannah) of the system.
The event of a previously rare phenomenon becoming rapidly and dramatically more common.
A somewhat mean-spirited activity whereby one knocks over a sleeping cow.
The movement of carbon, in its many forms, between the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere, and geosphere.
The movement of fossil fuel-bearing rocks through the Earth’s crust.
The conversion of cosmic rays into infra-red radiation by certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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