Glossary

The weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period
Long-term shifts in weather patterns and temperatures
The complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capacities and habits acquired by man as a member of society
Oneness and harmonious balance in every form of existence, animate and inanimate
The interrelationship of organisms and their environments
The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region
A state in which the greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere are balanced by removal out of the atmosphere
A geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a bubble of life