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CFB (event)
continental flood basalt (event)
CH
4
methane
CIE
carbon isotope excursion
CO
2
carbon dioxide
CO
2
-eq
carbon dioxide equivalent
deuterium or heavy hydrogen (
2
H) with an atomic weight of 2
D
DECC
Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK/England and Wales)
DEFRA
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England and
Wales; formerly DETR and MAFF)
DETR
(former) Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
(England and Wales; formerly the Department of the Environment)
and now DEFRA
DIC
dissolved inorganic carbon
DoE
(former) Department of Environment (England and Wales), now
DEFRA
ECM
electrical conductivity measurement (here applied to ice cores)
ENSO
El Ni no Southern Oscillation
EOR
enhanced oil recovery
EPICA
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
EU
European Union
FAO
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
FCCC
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
G5
The emerging economic powers: China, India, South Africa, Mexico
and Brazil.
G8
Group of Eight, consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
the UK, the USA and Russia.
GDP
gross domestic product
GECFS
Global Environmental Change and Food Systems
GRACE
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (satellite mission)
GSA
Great Salinity Anomaly
GtC
gigatonnes of carbon
GWh
giga-Watt hour
GWP
global warming potential
H
hydrogen
×
=
10
4
m
2
, or approxim-
ha
hectare (metric unit of area; 100 m
100 m
ately 2.47 acres)
HEP
hydroelectric power
HMSO
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (now just the Stationery Office)
IETM
Initial Eocene Thermal Maximum (also known as the PETM)
IETR
International Experimental Thermonuclear Reactor
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITCZ
Intertropical Convergence Zone
ITE
UK Institute for Terrestrial Ecology (now CEH)
IUCN
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (and Natural
Resources; now also known as the World Conservation Union)
JI
Joint Implementation
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