climate-change

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“Over the last century, burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). This increase happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon with oxygen in the air to make CO2.”
from — Ward, K., & Ward, K. (2025, September 26). Climate change – NASA Science. NASA Science. 

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climate variability

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“A stable climate is not necessarily a static climate: Climates can vary within limits over time, and it is important to distinguish between this climate variability and genuine climate change in evaluating climatic history and making future projections.”
from (and see more at) — Climate variability | Research Starters | EBSCO Research. (n.d.). EBSCO. 

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climate smart forestry

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“Policymakers at different levels, from national governments to local authorities, are developing and implementing forest and climate policies that have wide-ranging implications for society and the environment.”
from — Aliginia, L. (n.d.). Climate-Smart Forestry: Strategies, Benefits and Challenges. Wikifarmer. Retrieved January 28, 2026

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climate smart agriculture

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“Climate change and food and nutrition insecurity pose two of the greatest development challenges of our time. Yet a more sustainable food system can not only heal the planet, but ensure food security for all.”
from — World Bank climate-smart agriculture. (n.d.). 

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climate risk

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“Common approaches to risk assessment and risk management strategies are based on analysing hazards. This can also be applied to climate risk although there are distinct differences: The climate system is no longer staying within a stationary range of extremes.[6] Hence, climate change impacts are anticipated to increase for the coming decades.”
from — Wikipedia contributors. (2025h, December 28). Climate risk. Wikipedia. 

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climate resilience

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“Climate models also include the element of time, called a time step. Time steps can be in minutes, hours, days, or years.  Like grid cell size, the smaller the time step, the more detailed the results will be. However, this higher temporal resolution requires additional computing power.”
from — Climate models. (n.d.). NOAA Climate.gov.

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