definitions

• Acidification


  The gradual reduction of pH of the oceans, due to dissolving carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
• Afforestation


  Planting trees and vegetation in the aim of increasing forest cover
• Anticyclone


  A system of high pressure, causing high temperatures and unseasonably high evaporation rates
• Biofuel


  Burning crops and vegetation for electricity and heat
• Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)

  The capture of carbon dioxide emissions directly from the factory, pumped into disused mines rather than being released into the atmosphere
• Carbon Fluxes


  The movement of carbon between stores
• Carbon Neutral


  A process that has no net addition of carbon dioxide to the environment
• Carbon Stores


  Places where carbon accumulates for a period of time such as rocks and plant matter
• Channel Flow


  Water flowing in a rivulet, stream or river
• Choke Points


  Points in the logistics of energy and fuel that are prone to restriction
• Acidification


  The gradual reduction of pH of the oceans, due to dissolving carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
• Afforestation


  Planting trees and vegetation in the aim of increasing forest cover
• Anticyclone


  A system of high pressure, causing high temperatures and unseasonably high evaporation rates
• Aquifer


  A permeable or porous rock which stores water
• Biofuel


  Burning crops and vegetation for electricity and heat
• Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)


  The capture of carbon dioxide emissions directly from the factory, pumped into disused mines rather than being released into the atmosphere
• Carbon Fluxes


  The movement of carbon between stores
• Carbon Neutral


  A process that has no net addition of carbon dioxide to the environment
• Carbon Stores


  Places where carbon accumulates for a period of time such as rocks and plant matter
• Channel Flow

  Water flowing in a rivulet, stream or river