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General Circulation Model (“GCM”)

November 28th, 2004 by group

Typically refers to a three-dimensional model of the global atmosphere used in...
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Greenhouse Gases (“GHGs”)

November 28th, 2004 by group

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) refer to any atmospheric gases that absorb long wave...
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Hockey Stick

November 28th, 2004 by group

Instrumental data describing large-scale surface temperature changes are only...
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Isotopes

November 28th, 2004 by gavin

Isotopes can be thought of as different ‘flavours’ of a particular...
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Little Ice Age (“LIA”)

November 28th, 2004 by group

Term originally introduced in the late 1930s by Matthes (1939) to describe a...
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