ENVS 1126 Chapter : Chapter 18 Climate Change
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Chapter 18 climate change: hole in the ozone thick layer that protects earth from too much sunlight. Protect universe from earth"s gases: global wobbling earth tilting, bomagenesis snow bomb, global ocean conveyor belt as ocean changes in temperature, it changes, radiative forcing any factor"s effect on the energy balance of the. If ice on land decreases, absorb heat energy: troposphere - 5-10 miles thick (where airplanes fly, 26,500 measurements of climate change, stratosphere. Concrete and asphalt example: asphalt more hot than concrete. If oceans get warmer, higher amount of evaporation. Some heat absorb by land some absorb by ocean. **90% of heat energy that stays in the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean. Important: what we do today impacts the ocean in the future. Black carbon temporary half-life about 40 years. Aerosols historically have things in them that are damaging to atmosphere. Evaporated water: great barrier reef 90% is gone.
