Key terms of climate change

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

inititives and measure to reduce vulnerability of human and natural systems to climate change

Question 2

Albedo

Answer 2

the amount of incoming solar energy reflected back into the atmosphere by the Earth’s surface

Question 3

Antropogenic

Answer 3

human-related processes and/or impacts

Question 4

The enchanced greenhouse effect

Answer 4

the increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, as a result of human activities and their impact on atmospheric systems, including global warming.

Question 5

Global warming

Answer 5

the increase in temperatures around the world that have been noticed since the 1960s and in particular since 1980s

Question 6

The greenhouse effect

Answer 6

the process by which certain gases (water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons) allow short-wave radiation from the sun to pass through the atmosphere and heat up the Earth, but trap an increasing proportion of long-wave radiation from the Earth. The radiation leads to a warming of the atmosphere.

Question 7

Miligation

Answer 7

attempts to reduce the causes of climate change

Question 8

Resilience

Answer 8

the ability of a population or a human or natural system to absorb change without having to make a fundamental change

Question 9

Vulnerability

Answer 9

the degree to which a human or natural system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, the adverse impacts of climate change.