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| a shift in long-term average weather patterns, whuch includes a change in temperature, percipitation and the frequency nof extreme weather events |
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| an increase in the long term average temperature of Earth's surface and lower atmosphere. |
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| The warming effect created by the ability of the Earth's atmosphere to trap thermal energy. |
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| enhanced greenhouse effect |
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| caused by an increase in the conventration of GHGs above normal levels; leads to more heat being trapped in the atmostphere |
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| carbon dioxide equivalent |
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| (CO2 eq.) the values used to compare the warming potentials of other GHGs to the warming potentiel of carbon dioxide. |
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| a resevoir that stores carbon for long periods or absorbs more carbon than it releases. |
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| a layer about 24 km up in the atmosphere that contains a higher concentration of ozone, which absorbs harmful solar radiation |
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| the layer of permanentely frozen subsoil in polar regions |
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| a periodic shift in ocean currents, temperature, and atmospheric conditions in the tropical southern Pacific Ocean |
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| a periodic shift to colder-than-average ocean temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean kwith effects opposite to those of El Nino |
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