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Heights of the different layers of the atmosphere
Tropo: 0 to 12-18 km
Strato: 11 to 50 km
Mesosphere: 40-50 to 80-90 km
Thermosphere: 80-90 to 800 km
Exosphere: 800 to 3000 km
Temperatures of the atmospheric layers
Tropo: 15 to -56.5 C
Strato: -56.5 to -2.5 C
Meso: -2.5C to -86.5C
Thermo: -86.5 to 1200 C
Exo: 1200 C
We are in the ________________________ Eon, in the __________________________ Era, in the _____________________________ Period,
We are in the Phanerozoic Eon, Cenozoic Era, Quaternary Period
Top Five top oil producers and percents in 2022
Top ten percent
USRCC
United States - 20%
Saudi Arabia - 12%
Russia - 11%
Canada - 6%
China - 5%
Top ten : 73%
Top Five top consumers of oil in 2022 and percent
Top ten percent
UCIRJ
United States - 21%
China - 15%
India - 5%
Russia - 4%
Japan - 4%
Top ten - 62%
Percentages of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, 2020
72.6% CO2 fossil fuels
10.9% methane
7.1 % nitrous oxide
high-GWP gases 3.2%
other CO2 6.2%
Total megatonnes of CO2 annually
China - 11k
US - 5k
EU - 3k
Indian - 2k
Russia - 1k
Total tonnes per capita of CO2 annually
US - 15
Russia - 12
China - 8
EU - 6
India - 2
The day the Kyoto Protocol went into effect was
Feb 16, 2005
Ocean Fertilisation means
Increasing carbon-absorbing plankton
Afforestation means
planting vast forests
Biochar mean
carbon-rich charcoal from burnt crops added to soil
Standing Rock protestors clashed with police in the ________________ bridge
Backwater