1. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Chapter 22 The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming

2. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e The Atmosphere The thin layer of glass that envelops the Earth Chemical reactions Atmospheric circulation produces weather and climates

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5. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Climate Climate: –the representative or characteristic atmospheric conditions for a region on Earth Microclimate –The climate of a very small local area Urban Dust Dome –Polluted urban air produced by the combination of lingering air and abundance of particulates and other pollutants in the urban air mass

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7. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Climatic Change Major climatic changes have occurred during the past 2 million years Appearances and retreats of glaciers During the past 100 years, the mean global annual temperature ahs increased by.5 degrees Celsius

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12. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Global Warming A natural or human induced increase in the average global temperature of the atmosphere near the earth’s surface 4 factors –Amount of sunlight Earth receives –Amount of sunlight Earth reflects –Retention of heat by atmosphere –Evaporation and condensation of water vapor

13. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Electromagnetic Radiation and Earth’s Energy Balance Electromagnetic spectrum –The collection of all possible wavelengths of electromagnetic energy, considered a continuous range

14. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e The Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse Effect –The process of trapping heat in the atmosphere –Water vapor and several other gases warm the Earth’s atmosphere because they absorb and emit radiation Greenhouse Gasses –Gasses that have a greenhouse effect –Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, CFCs

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19. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Global Warming Negative and Positive feedback cycles affect the atmosphere Increase in emission of greenhouse gasses Solar Forcing, Natural Cycles, Aerosols (global dimming), Volcanic Eruptions, El Nino

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23. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Effects of Global Warming Changes in climatic patterns Rise in sea level Changes in biosphere

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29. Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e Adjustments to Global Warming Mitigate warming through reduction of greenhouse gasses Energy conservation Alternative energy sources Danger: rapid climatic change

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