Chapter 1 Flashcards
System
arbitrary portion of the universe with fixed or movable boundaries or walls, which may contain matter, energy, or both
Climate
journey of the sun’s energy received on earth as it is deflected, stored, transformed, put to work, and eventually emitted back to space
Mitigation
Our action to reduce sources of gas which contributes to the Earth’s warming or to enhance the mechanism to remove them
Greenhouse gases
contribute to the warming in the climate system
Climate Vulnerability
physical, biological, socio-economical systems are susceptible to the impacts of a variation in climate
Climate Variability
change in the average state of the climate
Climate Change
change in the state of the climate system, that persiste for an extended period of time
Sustainability
capacity to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Sustainability
capacity to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
peer review process
evaluations by objective reviewers
Climatology
investigates earth’s climate system, how it functions, what drives its changes, and how it varies in both space and time
open or closed systems
both exchange energy with their environment but only an open system can exchange mass
Troposphere
lowest layer of the atmosphere
ozone
3 oxygen atoms
stratosphere
region above the troposphere where all the ozone is concentrated
