[ENVS 2270] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (59 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Bbc 3-part series - the history of climate change. People thought that there was another ice age coming - fossil fuels were thinning the atmosphere and making for a colder earth. However new evidence arose in the summer of 1976, which broke records for the hottest summer. Then it became evident that the earth was actually warming, ice caps began to melt, and the ice age theory was abandoned. Legend (starting with closest to equator): a - tropical, b - dry (arid and semi-arid, c - temperate, d - continental (ours in ontario is considered continental, e - polar and alpine climates. Our climate in ontario: humid continental, with relatively hot, humid summers and cold winters. Energy from the sun passes through the atmosphere on its way in and out. Nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%), almost 1% of argon gas (is a noble gas, its un- reactive)
