Climate Terms (E)

early warning system :

The set of capacities needed to generate and disseminate timely and meaning ...

Earth System Model :

A coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model in which arepresentati ...

Ecophysiological Process :

Processes in which individual organisms respond continuously to environment ...

ecosystem :

A functional unit consisting of living organisms, their non-living environm ...

Ecosystem Approach :

A strategy for the integrated management of land, water, and living resourc ...

Ecosystem Services :

Ecological processes or functions having monetary or non-monetary value to ...

Ecosystem-Based Adaptation :

The use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adapta ...

El Niño-Southern Oscillation :

The term El Niño was initially used to describe a warm-water current that p ...

Emergent Risk :

A risk that arises from the interaction of phenomena in a complex system, f ...

Emission Scenario :

A plausible representation of the future development of emissions of substa ...

Ensemble :

A collection of model simulations characterizing a climate prediction or pr ...

Environmental Migration :

Human migration involves movement over a significant distance and duration. ...

Environmental Services :

See Ecosystem services.

Eutrophication :

Over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. It i ...

Evolutionary Adaptation :

For a population or species, change in functional characteristics as a resu ...

exposure :

The presence of people, livelihoods, species or ecosystems, environmental f ...

External Forcing :

External forcing refers to a forcing agent outside the climate system causi ...

Externalities/External Costs/External Benefits :

Externalities arise from a human activity when agents responsible for the a ...

Extratropical Cyclone :

A large-scale (of order 1000 km) storm in the middle or high latitudes havi ...

Extreme Climate Event :

See Extreme weather event.

Extreme Sea Level :

See Storm surge.

Extreme Weather Event :

An extreme weather event is an event that is rare at a particular place and ...