What does climate sensitivity mean?
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Correct answer: The likely temperature response to increased greenhouse gases
Climate sensitivity describes how much the climate system is expected to warm or otherwise respond when radiative forcing changes, especially when greenhouse-gas concentrations increase. It includes rapid responses such as water vapour and snow or ice changes, and in some definitions slower feedbacks. It is not a measurement of rainfall, wind direction, or Earth’s rotational axis.
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The likely temperature response to increased greenhouse gases
Why is this the correct answer?
Climate sensitivity describes how much the climate system is expected to warm or otherwise respond when radiative forcing changes, especially when greenhouse-gas concentrations increase. It includes rapid responses such as water vapour and snow or ice changes, and in some definitions slower feedbacks. It is not a measurement of rainfall, wind direction, or Earth’s rotational axis.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 12 Geography question. Chapter: World Climate and Climate Change.
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