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51National Non-Food Crops Centre — Abbreviation NNFCC Formation 2003 Legal status Not for profit company Purpose/focus Renewable …
52Canada and the Kyoto Protocol — Canada was active in negotiations leading to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. However, the Liberal government that later signed the accord took little action towards meeting Canada s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets. In the decade after Kyoto,… …
53Climate change in Tuvalu — Main article: Tuvalu Funafuti Climate change is of a concern in Tuvalu since at its highest, Tuvalu is only 4.5 m above sea level, and could be one of the first nations to experience the effects of sea level rise. Not only could parts of the …
54Nitrogen — carbon ← nitrogen → oxygen ↑ N ↓ P …
55radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …
56cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
57radioactivity — /ray dee oh ak tiv i tee/, n. Physics, Chem. the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element. Also called activity. [1895… …
58global warming — an increase in the earth s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. [1975 80] * * * Potential increase in global average surface temperatures resulting from… …
59star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …
60electromagnetic radiation — Physics. radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x rays, and gamma rays. [1950 55] * * * Energy propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of… …
