as oceans‚ precipitations‚ and clouds (Slaght‚ 2009‚ p34-41). Out of the two main causes of climatic alterations‚ natural cause is one of them. It refers to phenomenon such as forest fires‚ volcanic eruptions that cause tons of pollutants to our atmosphere‚ but also keeps the world in balance. For example‚ disasters such as volcano eruptions release at least 130 million tons of pollutants annually. Moreover‚ studies from the recent volcanic eruptions such as El Chichon‚ Mexico (1982)‚ and Mount Pinatubo
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Atmospheric pressure is the force per unit area exerted on a surface by the weight of air above that surface in the atmosphere of Earth (or that of another planet). In most circumstances atmospheric pressure is closely approximated by the hydrostatic pressure caused by the mass of air above the measurement point. Low-pressure areas have less atmospheric mass above their location‚ whereas high-pressure areas have more atmospheric mass above their location. Likewise‚ as elevation increases‚ there is
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Geo Essay Outline The consequences of human interaction with the atmosphere and assess responses to these. Driving‚ creating electricity‚ keeping food fresh and smelling good. These are all ways humans interact with the atmosphere. There are many other ways humans can interact with the atmosphere but I will talk mainly about how human interaction is creating holes in the ozone‚ how we have created the enhanced greenhouse effect and contributing to global warming. The ozone
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to natural effects like solar cycles and volcano activity‚ not in a heating-up phase. Global Warming; Cause And Effect Global Warming Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go a whole winter without even seeing snow? Well the way the atmosphere is heating up today you just might experience this kind of event in the future I chose to do my cause and effect paper on global warming because I believe it has a major impact on humans‚ not only today‚ but especially in the future. In this paper
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(a cloud that protects us from harmful sun rays. But it’s just a cloud. The gases that came from human creations like sprays and cars started “attacking” to the cloud and that was so fragile that it opened allowing some harmful sun rays enter our atmosphere.) So the responders were answering that the reasons for global warming are the use of car‚ emissions from industrial processes and pollution. And of course most of the solutions that they were proposing were things like “we have to focus on controlling
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for global warming. We could not live without the greenhouse effect. The main gases are ozone‚ nitrous oxide‚ carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ and water vapor. These reflected rays‚ called infrared radiation ‚ keeps the atmosphere warm. They are vital in maintaining the balance in our atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is mostly a result of the sunlight’s energy and the clouds that absorb and reflect heat. Without the greenhouse effect‚ earth would be less than 33 degrees Celsius cooler. Human activity
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surface and the lower atmosphere‚ it results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be in the absence of the gases.[1][2] Solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the atmosphere to warm the planetary surface‚ which then emits this energy at the lower frequencies of infrared thermal radiation. Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases‚ which in turn re-radiate much of the energy to the surface and lower atmosphere. The mechanism
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the view and sound of waves rumbling along the sea starts our excitement. The weather is perfect. Some people dive into the chill relaxing water like a family of dolphins‚ as others sunbath along us being like a group of lazy walruses resting. The atmosphere is comforting. Out beyond the heavy waves. I can see the three mystery islands that appear every time of visit‚ wondering any survival. However my long concentration suddenly breaks within a moment. Surprisingly humpback whales dance‚ darting up
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WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN ONE PERSON MAKE TO A BIG ISSUE LIKE GLOBAL WARMING? IT SHOULD BE UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO SORT IT OUT? GLOBAL WARMING IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE PLANET. GLOBAL WARMING IS THE RISE IN TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. IT IS VITAL FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT GLOBAL WARMING CAN ALSO BE A REASON FOR THE EARTH TO DESTROY. THE SUN’S RAY’S PASSES DOWN TO THE EARTH AND THEN THE EARTH GETS WARMER‚ THE EARTH GETS WARMER THEN THE SEA LEVELS RISE AND THERE COULD BE SEVERE FLOODS‚ TORNADOS‚
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BRETT LUCAS TRINITY COLLEGE L6 SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY CLIMATE CHANGE: NATURE OR NEGLIGENCE The climate of our world is changing‚ but why? There is a great debate going on in the scientific community on whether our current climate change crisis is a natural occurrence over millions of years – as what has happened on the planet of Mars – or this natural process is being accelerated by man’s negligence. But first we must establish what is climate change? Climate Change is a long-term shift in the
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