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Molnia, Bruce F. 2004 Muir Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, ColoradoUSA: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Digital Media.

(Dyurgerov, Mark B. and Mark F. Meier (2005). “Glaciers and the Changing Earth System: A 2004 Snapshot”.
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Interpreting Data

Does this reduction appear to

be constant, accelerating, or

decelerating? Explain.

CHAPTER PLANNER✓✓

❑ Study the picture and read the opening story.

❑ Scan the Learning Objectives in each section:

p. 218 ❑ p. 222 ❑ p. 231 ❑ p. 234 ❑

❑ Read the text and study all figures and visuals.

Answer any questions.

Analyze key features:

❑ Process Diagram, p. 219 ❑ p. 224 ❑

❑ What a Scientist Sees, p. 221

❑ Environmental InSight, p. 228 ❑ p. 232 ❑ p. 236 ❑

❑ EnviroDiscovery, p. 233

❑ Case Study, p. 238

❑ Stop: Answer the Concept Checks before you go on:

p. 221 ❑ p. 230 ❑ p. 233 ❑ p. 238 ❑

End of Chapter:

❑ Review the Summary and Key Terms.

❑ Answer What is happening in this picture?

❑ Answer the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions.

CHAPTER OUTLINE

The Atmosphere and Climate 218

s Solar Radiation and Climate

s Precipitation

■ What a Scientist Sees: Rain Shadow

Global Climate Change 222

s Causes of Global Climate Change

s Effects of Global Climate Change

■ Environmental InSight: The Effects of Global

Climate Change

s Dealing with Global Climate Change: Mitigation

and Adaptation

Ozone Depletion in the Stratosphere 231

s Causes of Ozone Depletion

s Effects of Ozone Depletion

■ Environmental InSight: The Ozone Layer

■ EnviroDiscovery: Links Between Climate

and Atmospheric Change

s Reversing Ozone Layer Thinning

Acid Deposition 234

s How Acid Deposition Develops

s Effects of Acid Deposition

s The Politics of Acid Deposition

s Facilitating Recovery from Acid Deposition

■ Environmental InSight: The Effects of Acid

Deposition

■ Case Study: International Implications of Global

Climate Change