An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change: Difference between revisions
From MediaWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
What is often meant by ‘climate change’, however, is the changes - and potential changes - in climate that are known to be induced by human activity (so-called ‘[[term::anthropogenic]]’ changes) which mean [[description::Climate changes induced by human activity]]and this is the sense in which the phrase will be used in this course. Like natural climate change mechanisms, the mechanisms of anthropogenic change are also many and varied but chief among them is the increase of the gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere that arises when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burnt. | What is often meant by ‘climate change’, however, is the changes - and potential changes - in climate that are known to be induced by human activity (so-called ‘[[term::anthropogenic]]’ changes) which mean [[description::Climate changes induced by human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels leading to an increase in Cardon Dioxide emissions]] and this is the sense in which the phrase will be used in this course. Like natural climate change mechanisms, the mechanisms of anthropogenic change are also many and varied but chief among them is the increase of the gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere that arises when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burnt. | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 15 June 2011
What is often meant by ‘climate change’, however, is the changes - and potential changes - in climate that are known to be induced by human activity (so-called ‘anthropogenic’ changes) which mean Climate changes induced by human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels leading to an increase in Cardon Dioxide emissions and this is the sense in which the phrase will be used in this course. Like natural climate change mechanisms, the mechanisms of anthropogenic change are also many and varied but chief among them is the increase of the gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere that arises when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burnt.
