global warming

(noun)

A sustained increase in the average temperature of the earth, sufficient to cause climate change.

Related Terms

  • greenhouse gases
  • an elevation in surface temperatures due to the absorption and re-radiation of thermal energy by atmospheric gases
  • thermal energy
  • anthropogenic
  • greenhouse effect
  • greenhouse gas
  • infrared

(noun)

a rapid increase in temperatures; caused by greenhouse gases trapping extra heat in the atmosphere; it may produce a number of environmental consequences

Related Terms

  • greenhouse gases
  • an elevation in surface temperatures due to the absorption and re-radiation of thermal energy by atmospheric gases
  • thermal energy
  • anthropogenic
  • greenhouse effect
  • greenhouse gas
  • infrared

Examples of global warming in the following topics:

  • Environmental Problems Associated with Fossil Fuel Use

    • One of the major environmental problems associated with fossil fuel use is global warming.
    • Other likely effects of global warming include a more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, and heavy rainfall.
    • Proposed policy responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, and possible future geoengineering.
    • Parties to the UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming.
    • This group has agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.
  • The Greenhouse Effect

    • This increase in greenhouse gases is producing the phenomenon known as global warming, a rapid increase in atmospheric temperatures that may produce a number of environmental consequences, such as more extreme weather.
    • Recall the causes of global warming and how humans have aggravated the phenomenon.
  • Energy Consumption

    • Consumption of fossil fuel resources has led to global warming and climate change.
    • Global warming and climate change are generally accepted as being caused by anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas emissions.
    • It was estimated in the study that these external downstream fossil fuel costs amount up to 1%-2% of the EU's entire gross domestic product (GDP); this was before the external cost of global warming from these sources was even included.
  • Earth's Atmosphere

    • These minor components are the major contributors to phenomena like weather, the greenhouse effect, and global warming.
  • Changes in Energy

    • The difference in temperature between a warm room (the surroundings) and a cold glass of ice and water (the system and not part of the room) begins to equalize.
    • This is because the thermal energy from the warm surroundings spreads to the cooler system of ice and water.
    • Ice melting in a warm room is a common example of increasing entropy.
  • Functionalized Organometallic Reagents

    • Subsequent addition to an aldehyde occurs on warming.
  • The Arndt-Eistert Reaction

    • When an ether solution of diazomethane is slowly added to a warm solution of the acid chloride, nitrogen evolution is observed and the chloromethyl ketone is the chief product.
  • Temperature

    • Snow fell and collected in cold weather, and melted into liquid water when the air warmed in spring.
    • Liquid water fell as rain when the air was warm.
  • New Energy Sources

    • About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewable sources, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is the burning of natural materials such as wood, corn, and some types of garbage to provide energy mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity.
    • The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 19%, with 16% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity, and 3% from new renewable sources.
    • New government spending, regulation and policies are helping the industry weather the global financial crisis better than many other sectors.
  • Ozone

    • It is dangerous to allow this liquid to warm to its boiling point because both concentrated gaseous ozone and liquid ozone can detonate.
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