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| Domain | Definition |
Avian | Changes in the global climate system in response to physical feedbacks, chemical feedbacks, and changes in terrestrial and aquatic systems caused by humans and nature (adapted from Lubchenco et al. 1991). (references) |
Energy | A term used to describe short and long-term affects on the Earth's climate as a result of human activities such as fossil fuel combustion and vegetation clearing and burning. (references) |
Science | The term 'climate change' is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth's climate is never static, the term is more properly used to imply a significant change from one climatic condition to another. In some cases, 'climate change' has been used synonymously with the term, 'global warming'; scientists however, tend to use the term in the wider sense to also include natural changes in climate. (references) |
Weather | The long-term fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, wind, and all other aspects of the Earth's climate. External processes, such as solar-irradiance variations, variations of the Earth's orbital parameters (eccentricity, precession, and inclination), lithosphere motions, and volcanic activity, are factors in climatic variation. Internal variations of the climate system also produce fluctuations of sufficient magnitude and variability to explain observed climate change through the feedback processes interrelating the components of the climate system. (references) |
| The term "climate change" is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth's climate is never static, the term is more properly used to imply a significant change from one climatic condition to another. In some cases, climate change has been used synonymously with the term, global warming; scientists however, tend to use the term in the wider sense to also include natural changes in climate. See climate, global warming, greenhouse effect, enhanced greenhouse effect, radiative forcing. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Specialty definitions using "CLIMATE CHANGE": Annex I Parties ♦ Berlin Mandate ♦ Carbon sequestration, Climate feedback, Climate lag, Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, Conference of the Parties ♦ Earth Observing System, Emissions, enhanced greenhouse effect ♦ General Circulation Model, global climate change, global warming, Greenhouse Gas ♦ hypsithermal period ♦ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ♦ Joint implementation ♦ Kyoto Protocol ♦ Milankovitch theory ♦ Sixth Conference of the Parties. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Due to the impending Climate Change Levy, investment in renewable and CHP power generating projects is highly recommended. (references) | |
From April 2001, the Climate Change Levy (CCL) will raise gas, electricity, coal, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices for nearly all businesses. (references) | ||
Such activities might include small infrastructure projects, Danube hot spot projects, climate change projects, and natural resource projects including sustainable forestry. (references) | ||
Economic History | The Netherlands | The Netherlands will host and chair the Climate Change Conference (COP-6) in November 2000. (references) |
Australia | National and international policies of global climate change were also important influences. (references) | |
Belgium | Belgium has positioned itself as an active contributor to reducing pollution resulting in climate change issues. (references) | |
Political Economy | DENMARK | The phase-out is part of Denmark's Climate Change strategy, which also includes a tax on these gases and products. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | USAID is cooperating with Ukraine to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and meet global commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). (references) |
Ukraine | The USAID Climate Change Initiative (CCI) is assisting Ukraine to: 1) establish national administrative structures; 2) develop technical methodologies to implement a national climate change program; 3) prepare projects for investment; and 4) build consensus among industry, environmental organizations and government authorities. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | But to say that the way you are living your life is responsible for climate change is just as insane as saying you're the reason that there's corruption in campaigns. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We will reverse the course of climate change and leave a safer, cleaner planet. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
climate change | 179 |
global climate change | 34 |
cause of climate change | 9 |
climate change impact | 9 |
intergovernmental panel on climate change | 7 |
climate change levy | 7 |
adaptation to climate change | 5 |
canada climate change | 3 |
international panel on climate change | 3 |
deforestation and climate change | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CLIMATE CHANGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | beleid/strategie als antwoord op klimaatverandering (policy for responding to climate change). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | conférence sur le changement climatique (Climate Change Conference), stratégie de parade de changement climatique (policy for responding to climate change), sommet de Kyoto (Climate Change Conference). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Kyoto-Gipfel (Climate Change Conference, Kyoto summit), Klimakonferenz (Climate Change Conference, Kyoto summit). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | Conferenza sul cambiamento globale (Climate Change Conference, Kyoto summit), vertice di Kyoto (Climate Change Conference, Kyoto summit). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | imateclay angechay cumbre de Kyoto (Climate Change Conference, Kyoto summit), Conferencia sobre el Cambio Climático (Climate Change Conference, Kyoto summit). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-t" | |
-3 letters: chatelaine, hemiacetal, mechanical. | |
-4 letters: acclimate, analgetic, cacheting, chatelain, chelating, clientage, echinacea, genetical, helmeting, machinate, malachite, metheglin, technical. | |
-5 letters: achenial, agenetic, agential, agminate, alchemic, alginate, alienage, alienate, analcime, analcite, angelica, antalgic, anthelia, anthemia, antimale, atechnic, atheling, calamine, calamint, calamite, calcanei, calceate, canticle, catching, catechin, cetacean, chantage, cheating, chemical, claimant, cleating, echinate, electing, elenchic, elenctic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-t" | |
+4 letters: catecholaminergic. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Quotations: Spoken | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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