Climate Terms (E)

early warning system :

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

Earth System Model :

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

Ecophysiological Process :

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

ecosystem :

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

Ecosystem Approach :

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

Ecosystem Services :

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

Ecosystem-Based Adaptation :

The use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an over ...

El Niño-Southern Oscillation :

The term El Niño was initially used to describe a warm-water curr ...

Emergent Risk :

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

Emission Scenario :

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

Ensemble :

A collection of model simulations characterizing a climate predic ...

Environmental Migration :

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

Environmental Services :

See Ecosystem services.

Eutrophication :

Over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosph ...

Evolutionary Adaptation :

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

exposure :

The presence of people, livelihoods, species or ecosystems, envir ...

External Forcing :

External forcing refers to a forcing agent outside the climate sy ...

Externalities/External Costs/External Benefits :

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

Extratropical Cyclone :

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

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 ...