climate sensitivity
climate sensitivity noun: the sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.
Noun
climate sensitivity (plural climate sensitivities)
- The sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.
- equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)
- Scientists have been modeling and estimating the climate sensitivity for decades, and they try to group their estimates into best-case, worst-case, and likeliest-case categories.
Forms of climate sensitivity
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Questions about climate sensitivity
- What does climate sensitivity mean?
- Climate sensitivity means the sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.
- What part of speech is climate sensitivity?
- Climate sensitivity is a noun.
- What is the plural of climate sensitivity?
- The plural of climate sensitivity is climate sensitivities.
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