Glossary Overview

This glossary is by no means all-inclusive — it is intended to provide a basic understanding of some of the more commonly used climate change terms.  Each page of this website contains a small "glossary of terms" box which provides definitions of terms found on the page.  Click on the term to view the definition. 

For a full glossary of all specific terms used on this website, please reference the alphabetical links in the “In this Section” box.