A collection of temperature measurements of various time spans. Used for showing past climate changes.
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A measurement of the internal energy of a system.
'Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'.
Area on the Sun that appears dark, because it is cooler than the rest of the surface.
The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is a report published in 2006 by a team led by the economist Lord Stern for the British Government.
Changes in the amount of radiation from the Sun.
All the electromagnetic radiation coming from the Sun.
The height of the sea surface relative to the land. Eustasy is the rise and fall of the sea level globally.
A general agreement in the scientific community regarding a particular issue.
A difference in the actual glaciation and what would be expected considering the 100,000-year Milankovitch cycle of insolation.