Climate Change Glossary
Below is a glossary of the words and terms we have used throughout this website.
Climate: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
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wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
G8
Summit: The Group of Eight (G-8) is the grouping of eight of the world's
leading industrialized nations: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United
Kingdom, the United States, (the G-6, 1975), Canada (the G-7, 1976), and
Russia (not participating in all events), as well as the European Union.
Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8_Summit
E.U: The
European Union or EU is, in part, an inter-governmental and supra-national
organisation, made up of European countries, which currently has 25 member
Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.U
World: Earth: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
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wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Mean: average:
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
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Temperature: the
degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
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Global: Referring
to the world economy and the world markets
Ref: www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/help/help-glossary.htm
The term "greenhouse effect,” coined nearly two centuries ago, is scientifically inaccurate. A greenhouse stays warm because the closed windows prevent the inside air from cooling by circulation; the glass does not absorb outgoing infrared radiation.
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Energy from the Sun. Also referred to as short-wave radiation. Of importance to the climate system, solar radiation includes ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation, and infrared radiation. See ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, radiation.