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1. How does the green house effect work (i.e. how does a gas "trap heat")? Be specific, how can a layer of gases hold heat? How are different gases different in their greenhouse effect? Some good resources for this question are here:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-overview-interactive/
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/greenhouse/
2. If atmospheric CO2 rises, what happens to the ocean and other water bodies as CO2 rises in the atmosphere?
Some great resources for this are here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evfgbVjb688
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Ocean+Acidification
3. Describe what has been occurring with the Ozone layer. How, if at all, is ozone associated with global warming? Is the Ozone hole driving, slowing, or having no effect on global warming? Some great resources for this are here:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/global-warming-faq.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/climateqa/are-the-ozone-hole-and-global-warming-related/
http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/facts/hole.html
4. Describe the Ocean Conveyor Belt (AKA Thermohaline Circuit). What does this have to do with Climate Change? Be specific.
Some great resources for this are here:
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp58/5802003.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/05mar_arctic/
5) Indicators of Climate Change.
What are some of the indications that our global climate is changing due to human activities? What is happening with global temperatures? Some good resources for this subject are:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/overview.html
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/page6.php
Please use APA format to cite sources.
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1. Greenhouse effect
According to research, when the heat from the sun hits the earth surface, some of it is
supposed to be absorbed and the rest is radiated back to the atmosphere. However, with
the presence of gases in the atmosphere that are actively radiative, this heat is actual
radiated all atmospheric directions; including the earth surface. This effect is called the
greenhouse effect Moreover, there are four major gases that play a major role in the
greenhouse effect. They include Ozone (3-7%), methane (4-9%), carbon dioxide (9-26%)
and water vapor which contributes to about 36-70%. Studies have indicated the gases in
the atmosphere absorb some wavelengths of energy. The rate of wavelength absorption
for carbon dioxide and water vapor. Therefore, when some of this heat is prevented from
escaping into the atmosphere, it accumulates hence warming the Since some of Earth
(Stille, 1990, p. 20).
2. Effects of the rising of atmospheric CO2
Studies have indicated that when the carbon dioxide rises to the atmosphere, it causes
significant impacts on each reservoir. This is because excess atmospheric carbon dioxide
cause more global warming effect causing fast growth of plants on the earth surface and
increasing acidity in the oceans hence endangering the life of marine animals. This is
because oceans and other bodies tends to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. Therefore,
the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the more oceans get acidic. (Duarte &
Santana-Casiano, 2011, p. 55)
3. Ozone layer hole and global warming
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