Geography A-Level
Carbon budget
What Carbon budget means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Carbon budget
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The balance between carbon emissions and removals across all global reservoirs, or the difference between the inputs and outputs of carbon within a specific reservoir or the global system.
Topics that use Carbon budget
- The carbon cycle (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Carbon reservoirs
- Cryosphere
- Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Human intervention
- Hydrosphere
- Lithosphere
- Ocean acidification
- Spatial and temporal scales
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