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21 Cards in this Set
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Weather |
Environmental conditions that occur at a particular place and time |
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Climate |
Data and statistics of weather (30 years) m |
Monthly temperatures, precipitation and wind speed |
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Biosphere |
is the thin outer layer of the earth |
Composed of all living organisms |
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Atmosphere |
Composed of a layer of gas that contains nitrogen and oxygen |
Abiotic and biotic |
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Climate change effected |
Latitude, air masses, large bodies of water and elevation |
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Insolation |
Insulation is the amount of solar radiation received by a region of Earth's surface. |
High insolation= the equator |
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Natural greenhouse effect |
Helps keep the temperature of our planet and the range that supports life. 14.7 degrees Celsius |
Water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane |
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net radiation budget |
The equation is : net radiation budget = incoming radiation - outgoing radiation = 0 |
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Albedo |
Surface is the percent of the incoming radiation that the Earth reflects. Total Albedo 30% |
Light-colored surfaces such as snow ice and Sandra flag 90% more solar radiation than darker dull surfaces like water, soil and forests |
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Persistence |
the length of time the gas remains in the atmosphere |
Ability to not break down, stay in atmosphere without breaking. CO2 |
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Anthropogenic greenhouse effect |
Enhancement of the natural greenhouse effect due to human activities |
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Carbon sink |
Process that takes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it. An example is photosynthesis. Take away |
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Carbon source |
Puts carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. Example a wildfire / forest fire |
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Heatwave |
Hot humid option smoggy air mass in the area. The heat May kill elderly or ill people so there are many protocols for it. |
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Level of the world's ocean |
Increased 20cm over the past Century |
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Positive feedback loop |
A sequence of events that Cycles back to one of the earlier events in the sequence and enhances the outcome |
Continues to speed up the process of global warming |
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Sequester |
Research how nature sequesters carbon to find you if fission ways to manually sequester carbon |
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Adaptation |
Means learning to live when climate changes (floods, droughts etc) occur |
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Michael E Mann |
Climatologist says that a single winter outbreak doesn't negate reality of global warming |
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Jet stream |
Fast flowing narrow meandering air currents in the atmosphere |
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Cop21 |
Conference of the parties. New international agreement on climate change, to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius |
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