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Glossary

The English version of our glossary is currently under construction and will be regularly updated.

Katabatic wind

A locally forming, cold and therefore heavy near-surface fall wind that is independent of regional air-pressure conditions and frequently observed over glaciers.

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Kleptoplasts

Algae chloroplasts.

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Krill

Krill is a collective term for small swarming crustaceans.

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Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba.

Kyoto Protocol

By signing the Kyoto Protocol (1997), the international community embedded for the first time an absolute and legally binding limit on greenhouse-gas emissions in an international agreement.

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