Climate Lag
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- The delay that occurs in climate change as a result of some factor that changes only very slowly. For example, the effects of releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere may not be known for some time because a large fraction is dissolved in the ocean and only released to the atmosphere many years later. See climate, climate change.
EPA - Cite This Source - This Definition - The delay that occurs in climate change as a result of some factor that changes only very slowly. For example, the effects of releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere may not be known for some time because a large fraction is dissolved in the ocean and only released to the atmosphere many years later. See climate, climate change.
EPA - Cite This Source - This Definition - abrupt climate change, adaptation, Carbon Dioxide Fertilization, Climate Change, Climate Sensitivity, Emissions, forcing, Forcing Mechanism, Global Warming, Irreversibilities, mechanism, Nonlinearities, Radiative Forcing