Climate Feedback
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- An interaction mechanism between processes in the climate system is called a climate feedback, when the result of an initial process triggers changes in a second process that in turn influences the initial one. A positive feedback intensifies the original process, and a negative feedback reduces it. See climate, climate change, radiative forcing.
EPA - Cite This Source - This Definition - An atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, or other process that is activated by direct climate change induced by changes in radiative forcing. Climate feedbacks may increase (positive feedback) or diminish (negative feedback) the magnitude of the direct climate change. See climate, climate change, radiative forcing.
EPA - Cite This Source - This Definition - feedback, Feedback Mechanisms, Ion, negative feedback, positive feedback, Water Vapor