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• 20:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105)‎ . . Atmosphere ‎ (current)
• 19:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115)‎ . . N Carbon footprint ‎ (Created page with "Expresses the amount of carbon we are responsible for emitting. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77)‎ . . N Carbon-neutrality ‎ (Created page with "No net carbon is emitted. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:49, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+206)‎ . . N Carbon offset ‎ (Created page with "A voluntary payment to another entity intended to enable that entity to reduce the greenhouse emissions that one is unable or unwilling to reduce oneself. Category: Environ...") (current)
• 19:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+185)‎ . . N UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) ‎ (Created page with "Outlines a plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 through a voluntary, nation-by-nation approach. Category: Environmental & Conservation...") (current)
• 19:46, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89)‎ . . N Carbon capture and storage ‎ (Created page with "Remove CO2 from power plant emissions. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:43, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+137)‎ . . N Intervention ‎ (Created page with "Set of possible large-scale technological modifications to the global climate system. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147)‎ . . Adaptation ‎ (current)
• 19:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+158)‎ . . N Mitigation ‎ (Created page with "Pursue actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to lessen severity of future climate change. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90)‎ . . N RCP ‎ (Created page with "Representative concentration pathways. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:26, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85)‎ . . Permafrost ‎ (current)
• 17:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124)‎ . . N Atmospheric blocking pattern ‎ (Created page with "Loops of polar jet stream get block into one position for a long period. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 17:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+168)‎ . . N Trend ‎ (Created page with "A pattern that persists within a data set, even after short-term fluctuations and anomalies have been accounted for. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 17:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133)‎ . . N Fractionation ‎ (Created page with "Separation and differential concentration of isotopes of slightly different mass. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 17:28, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89)‎ . . N Stable isotope geochemistry ‎ (Created page with "Studying stable isotopes of elements. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 17:22, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129)‎ . . N Proxy indicators ‎ (Created page with "Types of indirect evidence that serve as substitutes for direct measurements. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 14:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+173)‎ . . N Ocean circulation ‎ (Created page with "Ocean water exchanges tremendous amounts of heat with the atmosphere, and ocean currents move energy from place to place. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 14:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161)‎ . . N Ocean absorption ‎ (Created page with "The ocean holds 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs it from the atmosphere (acts as a sink). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 14:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+5)‎ . . Solar output ‎ (current)
• 14:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95)‎ . . N Solar output ‎ (Created page with "Drives temperature change on Earth’s surface. drives temperature change on Earth’s surface")
• 14:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116)‎ . . N Milankovitch cycles ‎ (Created page with "Periodic changes in Earth’s rotation and orbit around the Sun. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 14:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+110)‎ . . N Radiative forcing ‎ (Created page with "The amount of change in energy that a given factor causes. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 14:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132)‎ . . N Aerosols ‎ (Created page with "Microscopic droplets and particles that have either a warming or cooling effect. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology")
• 14:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+131)‎ . . N Water vapor ‎ (Created page with "The most abundant greenhouse gas and contributes most to the greenhouse effect. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:16, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129)‎ . . N Sinks ‎ (Created page with "Reservoirs that accept more of the material than they release such as ocean. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:15, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+140)‎ . . N Global warming potential ‎ (Created page with "The relative ability of one molecule of a given greenhouse gas to contribute to warming. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:14, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142)‎ . . Greenhouse effect ‎ (current)
• 19:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+229)‎ . . N Greenhouse gases ‎ (Created page with "Atmospheric gases that absorb infrared radiation (radiatively active gases). For example, water vapor, ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs...") (current)
• 19:11, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86)‎ . . Albedo ‎ (current)
• 19:11, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105)‎ . . Global warming ‎ (current)
• 19:10, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157)‎ . . N Global climate change ‎ (Created page with "Describes trends and variations in Earth’s climate such as temperature, precipitation, storm frequency. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 19:09, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+109)‎ . . Weather ‎
• 19:08, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+167)‎ . . Climate ‎
• 12:41, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161)‎ . . N Cogeneration ‎ (Created page with "Excess heat produced during electrical generation is used to heat buildings and produce other types of power. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 12:40, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+193)‎ . . N Energy conservation ‎ (Created page with "The practice of reducing energy use to extend the life of our nonrenewable energy supplies, be less wasteful and reduce environmental impact. Category: Environmental & Cons...") (current)
• 12:33, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116)‎ . . N Sequestration ‎ (Created page with "Storage of materials in geologic reservoirs on a long timescale. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 12:30, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117)‎ . . N Methane hydrate (methane ice) ‎ (Created page with "Molecules of methane in a crystal lattice of water ice molecules. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 12:30, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+251)‎ . . N Oil shale ‎ (Created page with "Sedimentary rock filled with kerogen (organic matter) that can be processed to produce liquid petroleum. It can be burned like coal or baked in hydrogen (called prylosis) to p...") (current)
• 12:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136)‎ . . N Hubbard’s peak ‎ (Created page with "Geologist M. King Hubbard predicted that U.S. oil production would peak around 1970. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 12:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+160)‎ . . N Reserves-to-production ratio (R/P ratio) ‎ (Created page with "The amount of total remaining reserves divided by the annual rate of production (extraction and processing). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 11:57, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123)‎ . . N Secondary extraction ‎ (Created page with "Solvents, water, or stream is used to remove additional oil; expensive. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 11:57, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+102)‎ . . N Primary extraction ‎ (Created page with "The initial drilling and pumping of available oil. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 11:56, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117)‎ . . N Exploratory drilling ‎ (Created page with "Small, deep holes to determine whether extraction should be done. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 14:37, 20 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+63)‎ . . N Power function ‎ (Created page with "The independent variable is the base. Category:Mathematics") (current)
• 14:36, 20 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+154)‎ . . N Exponential function ‎ (Created page with "Is one in which the independent variable appears in the exponent. The quantity that is raised to the power is called the base. Category:Mathematics") (current)
• 22:33, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127)‎ . . Crude oil ‎ (current)
• 22:31, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115)‎ . . N Coalbed methane ‎ (Created page with "Methane from coal seams, leaks to the atmosphere during mining. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 22:30, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+103)‎ . . N Thermogenic gas ‎ (Created page with "Results from compression and heat deep underground. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 22:30, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133)‎ . . N Biogenic gas ‎ (Created page with "Created at shallow depths by bacterial anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
• 22:29, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122)‎ . . N Liquefied natural gas (LNG) ‎ (Created page with "Liquid gas that can be shipped long distances in refrigerated tankers. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)

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