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51Cloud forcing — (sometimes described as cloud radiative forcing) is, in meteorology, the difference between the radiation budget components for average cloud conditions and cloud free conditions. Much of the interest in cloud forcing relates to its role as a… …
52Fossil fuel — Coal, one of the fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes… …
53Biofuel — Information on pump regarding ethanol fuel blend up to 10%, California …
54Seagrass — Taxobox name = Seagrass image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = AlismatalesSeagrasses (or sea grasses in British English) are flowering plants from one of four plant families (Posidoniaceae,… …
55Gaia hypothesis — The study of planetary habitability is partly based upon extrapolation from knowledge of the Earth s conditions, as the Earth is the only planet currently known to harbour life. The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle,… …
56National Assessment on Climate Change — The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a large scale national project that is conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, and is one of the many activities of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), a program …
57Radiative forcing — In climate science, radiative forcing is generally defined as the change in net irradiance between different layers of the atmosphere. Typically, radiative forcing is quantified at the tropopause in units of watts per square meter. A positive… …
58Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research — For the historic district in Massachusetts, see Hadley Center Historic District. The Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change named in honour of George Hadley is part of, and based at the headquarters of the Met Office in Exeter. The Hadley… …
59United Kingdom Climate Change Programme — United Kingdom energy related articles Government energy policy Energy use and conservation Nuclear power Solar power Wind power Energy efficiency in housing …
60Orbital forcing — is the effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of the Earth s axis and shape of the orbit (see Milankovitch cycles). These orbital changes change the total amount of sunlight reaching the Earth by up to 25% at mid latitudes (from 400 to 500 …
