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Climate Change Terms
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Why is it important to understand key terms to climate change?
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- Texas facing blackout-causing snowstorms
- South Korea facing shorter autumns than ever
- Great Barrier Reef going through back-to-back bleaching.
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In such a period of extreme weather events, it is crucial to know terminology related to climate change.
Knowing such vocabulary allows people to effectively comprehend and communicate opinions, facts, and other ideas.
Conclusion
What is the difference between climate change and global warming?
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- The term global warming was changed to climate change
- Better reflect other consequences of global warming
- Colder winters
Global Warming
- Used to describe climate change in the past.
- A part of climate change relating to an increase in average temperatures across the globe.
Climate Change
- A new term to describe the climate change
- A group of phenomena relating to extreme and unusual weather events and disasters.
Conclusion
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What are some important climate change related vocabularies that the public should be informed about?
List of Terms
- Carbon footprint - A value that corresponds to the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by a certain activity or product.
- Greenhouse gases - Gases that trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere and warm the earth’s surface.
- Ozone layer - A layer of ozone (a gas made up of three oxygen atoms) in the atmosphere that protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
- Fossil fuels - Sources of energy such as coal, natural gas, and oil, that come from ancient carbon sources buried underground,
- Deforestation - Clearing of forests for whatever reason, ranging from city development to obtaining timber.
- Renewable energy - energy that comes from natural processes that can be naturally replenished.
- Ocean acidification - the pH of the ocean rising due to carbon dioxide in the air sinking into the ocean, releasing carbonate in the process.
Works Cited
“10 Reasons Why We Should All Care about Climate Change.” WWF, https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/10-reasons-why-we-should-all-care-about-climate-change. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWXoRSIxyIU. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
Adhikari, Anu. Terminologies Used in Climate Change, IUCN Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011, pp. ⅶ.
“Glossary.” GlobalChange.gov, https://www.globalchange.gov/climate-change/glossary.
Lee, Howard. “How Earth’s Climate Changes Naturally (and Why Things Are Different Now).” Quanta Magazine, 21 July 2020, https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-earths-climate-changes-naturally-and-why-things-are-different-now-20200721/.
Science Learning Hub. “Climate Change – Key Terms.” Science Learning Hub, 15 Oct. 2020, https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2962-climate-change-key-terms.
“Top 5 Reasons Why Vocabulary Matters.” InferCabulary, 29 Sept. 2016, https://infercabulary.com/top-5-reasons-why-vocabulary-matters/.