Chapter 19: Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
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Carbon
present as CH4 in permafrost soils and lake bottoms.
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Over the past 900,000 years
Glacial and interglacial periods
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Over the past 10,000 years
Interglacial period
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Over the past 1,000 years
Temperature has been stable
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Over the past 100 years
Temperature changes; methods of determination
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Global warming
rapid rate of increasing temperatures
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Thick, light-colored low-altitude clouds
decrease surface temperature
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Thin, cirrus clouds at high altitudes
increase surface temperature
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Prolonged droughts
grasslands become dustbowls
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Organisms that increase global warming
Insects, fungi, and microbes
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Monsoons
Climatic systems anywhere in which the moisture increases dramatically in the warm season
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Jet Stream
Current of fast-moving air found in the upper levels of the atmosphere
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Global change
changes in the biological, physical, and chemical properties of Earth
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Global climate change
changes in average climate (long-term weather patterns over years or decades)
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Monsoons
Climatic systems anywhere in which the moisture increases dramatically in the warm season
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Jet Stream
Current of fast-moving air found in the upper levels of the atmosphere
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Global change
changes in the biological, physical, and chemical properties of Earth
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Global climate change
changes in average climate (long-term weather patterns over years or decades)
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