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Chapter 14 The Changing Climate The Atmosphere 10e Lutgens & Tarbuck Power Point by Michael C. LoPresto
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The Climate System
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Cryosphere - The World of Ice
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Detecting Climate Change Sea-floor Sediments
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Temperature Variations over the Past 40,000 years National Ice-core Laboratory
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Tree Rings Detecting Climate Change
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Coral Colonies Provide Clues to Changes in Sea Level
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Natural Causes of Climate Change Plate Tectonics
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Volcanic Eruptions
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Haze from Volcanic Eruptions Reflects Sunlight Back into Space
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The White Cliffs of Dover; A Possible Link between Volcanism and Past Climate Change
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Eccentricity Variations in Earth’s Orbit
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Obliquity
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Precession
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Solar Variability
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Sunspots and Temperature? And Drought?
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Sunspot Cycle
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Human Impact on Global Change Use of Fossil Fuels Adds Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere
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Increases in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
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Global Warming? Temperature Variations since Industrial Revolution
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Recent Temperature Variations
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Methane; A Greenhouse Gas Produced in Wetlands
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Melting of Glacial Ice
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Human-generated Aerosols Influence Climate
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Possible Consequences of Global Warming
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Redistribution of Water and Agricultural Resources
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Sea-level Rise
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Melting Glacial Ice Contributes to Rising Sea Levels
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Arctic Sea Ice Decreased by 20% from 1979-2005
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Decline in Arctic Sea Ice from 1979-2005
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Tundra Lakes Shrinking and Disappearing by 11% from 1973-2002
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Collapse of Antarctic Ice Shelves Polar Warming
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Chapter 14 END
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