| 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 |