Keywords

• Carbon Capture and Storage


  The process of capturing carbon dioxide that would normally be emitted into the atmosphere and storing it underground in reservoirs
• Convection current 


  The movement of a fluid caused by a difference in temperature or density
• Coriolis Effect


  The effect of the Earth's rotation on wind movements
• Eccentricity


  The changing of the orbit of the Earth around the Sun from circular to oval-like. Caused cycles of global warming
• Hotspot


  An area where unusually hot magma breaks through the middle of a plate creating a volcano
• Obliquity (Tilt)


  The tilt of the Earth's axis.
• Precession


  The 'wobble' of Earth's axis
• Pressure belt


  A region of the Earth which is generally under the same pressure
• Storm surge


  A rise in sea level caused when a tropical storm pushes a large amount of sea water onto the shore