Global Warming

Janet R. (United Kingdom)
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  1. unpredicted
    without warning or announcement
    As the planet heats, climate patterns change, with more extreme and unpredicted weather across the world – some places will be hotter, some colder.
  2. greenhouse effect
    warming due to solar radiation trapped by the atmosphere
    Greenhouse gases (GHG) – including carbon gases like CO2 and methane, they are vital in the Earth’s atmosphere in certain quantities because they help trap and retain some of the sun’s heat (the ‘greenhouse effect’).
  3. emission
    the act of causing to flow forth
    Beyond 2º – scientists predict possible rises of up to 6º this century if we don’t drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
  4. industrialised
    highly developed in production and manufacturing
    Human activity – over the past 150 years, the world’s industrialised nations have unwittingly upset the delicate balance of the carbon cycle by burning huge amounts of fossil fuels (concentrated carbon, like coal, oil, gas), as well as breeding vast numbers of methane-producing livestock, and cutting down the forests that naturally absorb CO2 from the air.
  5. water vapour
    water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
    Other than water vapour, it’s the most common ‘greenhouse gas’.
  6. greenhouse gas
    a substance in the air that warms a planet by trapping heat
    Other than water vapour, it’s the most common ‘greenhouse gas’.
  7. life form
    the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism
    It's absorbed by plants as they grow, and emitted by all life forms when they die (or are burnt as fuel).
  8. CO2
    a colorless, odorless greenhouse gas essential for photosynthesis
    Carbon dioxide (CO2) – a natural gas, essential for all life on earth.
Created on Wed Nov 09 03:53:21 EST 2011

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