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Weather
The short term conditions of the state of the atmosphere
Climate
The normal pattern of weather over a long period of time
Anthropogenic greenhouse gasses
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide
Albedo
A measure of how much of the suns radiation is reflected by the surface
Climograph
Shows the climate data for a specific location showing the temperature and precipitation over a year
Natural sources of carbon dioxide
Volcanic eruption, burning of organic matter and cellular resperation
Why are forest considered carbon sinks
When the forest are removed the trees that normally absorb CO2 during the photosynthesis are removed this causes less trees to take in the CO2 leading to the increase of it in the atmosphere
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