GCSE - Climate Change (Natural Hazards)

Measurement of the greenhouse gases individuals produce, through burning of fossil fuels.

• CO2 Footprint

• Carbon Footprint

• CO2 Effect

• Fossil Fuels

The path the earth as it orbits the Sun. This can change from circular to elliptical.

• Axial Tilt

• Solar Activity

• Orbital change

• Eccentricity

An agreement in 2015 with 195 countries first legally binding global climate deal.

• Paris Agreement

• Kyoto Agreement

• Brussels Agreement

• EU Agreement

The loss of forests over extensive areas in pursuit of economic activity

• Afforestation

• Deforesting

• Deforestation

• Afforesting

Permanently frozen ground, found in polar and tundra regions

• Frozen Ground

• Frost Bite

• Frost

• Permafrost

Amount of activity of the sun can have an effect on the earth’s climate, sunspots can give off more heat and cause a warming of the earth.

• Solar Activity

• Sun's Activity

• Radiation

• Radiation Activity

A long-term change in the earth’s climate, especially a change due to an increase in average atmospheric temperatures

• Carbon Cycle

• Interglacial Cycle

• Climate Change

• Global Warming

A method of measuring past climates through the study of ice layers, can extend back 5 million years.

• Glaciation

• Ice Core

• Ice Cylinders

• Glacial Cycles

A treaty with 170 countries agreeing to work on reducing carbon emissions below 1990 levels

• Paris Protocol

• Paris Agreement

• Kyoto Protocol

• Brussels Protocol

The earth spins on its axis, it can move towards and away from the sun bringing a variation in climatic conditions

• Axial Rotation

• Axial Tilt

• Axis Tilt

• Axis Rotation