Climate Terms (D)

Dead Zones :

Extremely hypoxic (i.e., low-oxygen) areas in oceans and lakes, caused by e ...

Decarbonization :

The process by which countries or other entities aim to achieve a lowcarbon ...

deforestation :

Conversion of forest to non-forest. For a discussion of the term forest and ...

desertification :

Land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas resulting from ...

Detection and Attribution :

Detection of change is defined as the process of demonstrating that climate ...

Detection of Impacts of Climate Change :

For a natural, human, or managed system, identification of a change from a ...

Disadvantaged Populations :

Sectors of a society that are marginalized, often because of low socioecono ...

disaster :

Severe alterations in the normal functioning of a community or a society du ...

disaster management :

Social processes for designing, implementing, and evaluating strategies, po ...

disaster risk :

The likelihood within a specific time period of disaster. See Disaster.

disaster risk management :

Processes for designing, implementing, and evaluating strategies, policies, ...

Disaster Risk Reduction :

Denotes both a policy goal or objective, and the strategic and instrumental ...

Discounting :

A mathematical operation making monetary (or other) amounts received or exp ...

Disturbance Regime :

Frequency, intensity, and types of disturbances of ecological systems, such ...

Diurnal Temperature Range :

The difference between the maximum and minimum temperature during a 24-hour ...

Downscaling :

Downscaling is a method that derives local- to regional-scale (10 to 100 km ...

drought :

A period of abnormally dry weather long enough to cause a serious hydrologi ...

Dynamic Global Vegetation Model :

A model that simulates vegetation development and dynamics through space an ...