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Climate Management Issues
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Climate Management Issues

by Julie K. Gines
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
470 pages
16h 40m
English
CRC Press
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Glossary
Adaptation: An adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or chang-
ing environment. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment
in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected cli-
matic changes.
Aerosols: Tiny bits of liquid or solid matter suspended in air. They come
from natural sources such as erupting volcanoes and from waste
gases emitted from automobiles, factories, and power plants. By
reecting sunlight, aerosols cool the climate and offset some of the
warming caused by greenhouse gases.
Albedo: The relative reectivity of a surface. A surface with high albedo
reects most of the li
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ISBN: 9781439861066