GEOG 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ozone Layer, Global Change, Hydrosphere
29 Nov 2017
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Vocabulary: the oxygen we breathe. to be anthropogenic in origin. enhancement of the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases: gases that warm a planet"s surface by absorbing outgoing infrared radiation- radiant heat- and reradiating some of it back toward the surface. Greenhouse effect: the process that greenhouse gases take. it is a natural physical process that operates in al planetary atmospheres. Carbon dioxide (co2): it is produced by the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation. Ozone layer: a chemically distinct region within the stratosphere, part of the atmosphere. Ozone (o3): a form of oxygen that is much less abundant than, and chemically unlike, Ozone hole: a patch of extremely low ozone concentration in the ozone layer, is known. Biodiversity: the number of species present in a given area. Global warming: a warming of earth"s atmosphere due to an anthropogenic. Sediments: layers of unconsolidated material that is transported by water or air. System: a group of components that interact.
