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CLIMATE CHANGE FEEDBACK [1 record]

Record 1 2022-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
DEF

An interaction in which a perturbation in one climate quantity causes a change in a second, and the change in the second quantity ultimately leads to an additional change in the first.

OBS

A negative feedback is one in which the initial perturbation is weakened by the changes it causes; a positive feedback is one in which the initial perturbation is enhanced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
DEF

[...] interaction selon laquelle une perturbation touchant une variable climatique provoque, dans une seconde, des changements qui influent à leur tour sur la variable initiale.

CONT

La rétroaction du changement climatique est importante pour comprendre le réchauffement climatique à l'échelle mondiale, car les processus de rétroaction peuvent amplifier ou diminuer les effets du forçage climatique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cambio climático
DEF

Interacción en la que una perturbación en una magnitud climática causa un cambio en una segunda magnitud, y el cambio en esta conduce en última instancia a un cambio añadido en la primera magnitud.

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