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Descriptor English: Climate Change
Descriptor Spanish: Cambio Climático
Descriptor cambio climático
Entry term(s) alteración climática
cambios climáticos
Scope note: Cualquier cambio significativo en los parámetros climatológicos (como temperatura, precipitaciones o vientos) durante un largo periodo de tiempo (décadas o superior). Puede ser debido a factores naturales, como los cambios de la actividad solar, procesos naturales en el propio sistema climático como las modificaciones de las corrientes oceánicas, o a actividades humanas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mudança Climática
Descriptor French: Changement climatique
Entry term(s): Change, Climate
Changes, Climate
Climate Changes
Tree number(s): G16.500.175.374
SP4.606.377.166.708.483
SP8.190.270.992
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057231
Scope note: Any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). It may result from natural factors such as changes in the sun's intensity, natural processes within the climate system such as changes in ocean circulation, or human activities.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
HI history
MO mortality
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Climate (1993-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 16303
Unique ID: D057231
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2016/06/16
Climate Change - Preferred
Concept UI M0535174
Scope note Any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). It may result from natural factors such as changes in the sun's intensity, natural processes within the climate system such as changes in ocean circulation, or human activities.
Preferred term Climate Change
Entry term(s) Change, Climate
Changes, Climate
Climate Changes



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