Welcome to the California Climate change Portal

Welcome to the Climate Change Glossary

Use the alphabetical links to navigate in the glossary.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Sources

If you'd like to add a definition to the glossary, please e-mail the word, definition, and your source (please be specific) to: mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us

Sources:

  • (EPA) = United States Environmental Protection Agency - http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/glossary.html
  • (IPCC) = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • (Australia) = Greenhouse Office of the Commonwealth of Australia (Australia)
  • (CAN) = Climate Action Network - http://www.climatenetwork.org/pages/canglossary.html
  • (BBC) = BBC News / Science & Technology / Climate Change Glossary, 10 November, 2000 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1015162.stm
  • (CalSpace) = http://calspace.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/Glossary_Climate/
  • (Exploratorium) = http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/glossary/
  • (Lenn) = http://www.lenntech.com/greenhouse-effect/climate-change-glossary.htm