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| Domain | Definition |
Energy | Gradual changing of global climates due to buildupof carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere. Carbondioxide produced by burning fossil fuels has reached levels greater than what can beabsorbed by green plants and the seas. (references) |
Science | 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) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Specialty definitions using "GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE": Earth Observing System ♦ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (references) |
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Economic History | Australia | National and international policies of global climate change were also important influences. (references) |
Kiribati | A 1989 United Nations report identified Kiribati as one of the countries that would completely disappear in the 21st century if steps were not taken to address global climate change. (references) | |
Samoa | Two major cyclones hit Samoa at the beginning of the 1990s. Cyclone Ofa left an estimated 10,000 islanders homeless in February 1990; Cyclone Val caused 13 deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in December 1991. As a result, GDP declined by nearly 50% from 1989 to 1991. These experiences and Samoa's position as a low-lying island state punctuate its concern about global climate change. (references) | |
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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 |
global climate change | 34 |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 4F 42 41 4C 43 4C 49 4D 41 54 45 43 48 41 4E 47 45 |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)G L O B A L   C L I M A T E   C H A N G E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 004F 0042 0041 004C 0043 004C 0049 004D 0041 0054 0045 0043 0048 0041 004E 0047 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4146493635462374643473554392374235484139 |
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