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Causes of Climate Change |
| Key Terms |
| Summer solstice |
| Winter solstice |
| Autumnal (fall) equinox |
| Vernal equinox |
| Perihelion |
| Aphelion |
| Milankovitch theory |
| eccentricity |
| obliquity |
| precession |
| sulfate aerosols |
| theory of plate tectonics |
| snow-albedo feedback |
| water vapor-temperature rise feedback |
| positive (negative) feedback mechanism |
| dimethylsulphides (DMS) - cloud feedback |
| cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) |
| Why the North Atlantic is one of the crucial areas of the world in terms of its role in global climate? |
| chaos and predictability |
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Last updated on 12/08/09 02:52 PM by Zong-Liang Yang |