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Describe the Greenhouse Effect
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Rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere (water vapor, CO2, N2, and methane, for example) trap energy from the sun.
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Describe the Carbon Cycle
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Process of Carbon circulating through living and non living systems
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Negative Feedback
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Feedback that tends to down, reduce, or counteract any deviation from and equilibrium and promote stability.
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Positive Feedback
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Feedback that amplifies or increases change; leads to exponential deviation away from an equilibrium.
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Carbon Tax
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an environmental tax on CO2 emissions. *increases incentive for non carbon fossil fuels
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IPCC
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(Environmental Panel on Climate Change) Provide assessments of the State of Knowledge on Climate Change
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Possible effects of CO2 doubling (accorging to IPCC)
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-earth's temperature will rise *(3 degrees Celcius)
-climates will be more extreme(dry lands drier, wet lands wetter with more floods) -erosion of coasts -degradation of ecosystems -increases hurricanes, causing the sea temperature to rise |
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Global Dimming
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reduction in solar radiation reaching the surface of the Earth
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Contributors to CO2 emisssions
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Industry, Transportation, Residential/Commercial, *Electricity Generation
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CFCs
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Human made chemicals not present in the atmosphere but are a result of natural processes
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