Climate Terms (M)

Maladaptive Actions (Maladaptation) :

Actions that may lead to increased risk of adverse climate-related outcomes ...

mean sea level :

The surface level of the ocean at a particular point averaged over an exten ...

Meridional Overturning Circulation :

Meridional (north-south) overturning circulation in the ocean quantified by ...

Microclimate :

Local climate at or near the Earth’s surface. See also Climate.

Mitigation of Climate Change :

A human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhou ...

Mitigation of Disaster Risk and Disaster :

The lessening of the potential adverse impacts of physical hazards (includi ...

Mode of Climate Variability :

Underlying space-time structure with preferred spatial pattern and temporal ...

Monsoon :

A monsoon is a tropical and subtropical seasonal reversal in both the surfa ...