2.2 research in the context of Climate change

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Not affected or influenced by a person's beliefs or opinions

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Unbiased

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Detectable change in the global temperatures. It is also referred to as global warming

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Climate change

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A person who doubts or does not believe in a concept or hypothesis

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Skeptic

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The reporting of information that is false, fabricated, or biased

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False reporting

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When data that does not fit with the hypothesis is ignored. Data is then interpreted to support the hypothesis, even when some of it may not.

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Confirmation bias

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Any process associated with surface discharge or molten rock, hot water or steam from inside the Earth.

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Volcanism

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The large-scale movement of waters in the ocean basins through ocean currents and the oceanic conveyor belt system

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Oceanic circulation

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Fluctuations in the amount of radiation output from the sun

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solar variation

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*The ice that floats on the surface of the oceans and seas (* context specific reading within the chapter)

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*Sea Ice

(* context specific reading within the chapter)

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*The balance between the build-up of and loss of glacial surface (* context specific reading within the chapter)

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*Surface mass balance

(* context specific reading within the chapter)