Climate Terms (D)

Dead Zones :

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

Decarbonization :

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

deforestation :

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

desertification :

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

Detection and Attribution :

Detection of change is defined as the process of demonstrating th ...

Detection of Impacts of Climate Change :

For a natural, human, or managed system, identification of a chan ...

Disadvantaged Populations :

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

disaster :

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

disaster management :

Social processes for designing, implementing, and evaluating stra ...

disaster risk :

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

disaster risk management :

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

Disaster Risk Reduction :

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

Discounting :

A mathematical operation making monetary (or other) amounts recei ...

Disturbance Regime :

Frequency, intensity, and types of disturbances of ecological sys ...

Diurnal Temperature Range :

The difference between the maximum and minimum temperature during ...

Downscaling :

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

drought :

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

Dynamic Global Vegetation Model :

A model that simulates vegetation development and dynamics throug ...