BISL 04-Weather and Climate
B.Y.A. = billions of years ago M.Y.A. = millions of years ago Y.A. = years ago Paleoclimatology T he climate of the planet is co ...
82 CLIMATE CHANGE The Planet Warms Up T he increase in average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans is the result of ...
84 CLIMATECHANGE Accelerated Melting T he climate is changing at a disconcerting speed. Glaciers are retreating, and sea level i ...
86 CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER AND CLIMATE 87 B urning fossil fuel releases into the air chemicals that mix with water vapor and prod ...
88 CLIMATE CHANGE Weaker and Weaker A rtificial substances are destroying the ozone layer, which provides protection against ult ...
90 CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER AND CLIMATE 91 Cause and Effect The burning of fossil fuels and the indiscriminate cutting of deciduou ...
92 GLOSSARY WEATHER AND CLIMATE 93 Glossary Accretion Growth of an ice crystal in the atmosphere by direct capture of water drop ...
94 GLOSSARY WEATHER AND CLIMATE 95 Frost A covering of ice crystals on a cold object. Global Warming The heating of the atmosphe ...
96 INDEX WEATHER AND CLIMATE 97 Index A absorption, 11 acid rain,86-87 gas emissions, 86 gas mixtures, 86 ozone layer, weakening ...
98 INDEX WEATHER AND CLIMATE 99 G gas CFC, 88 density, 10 greenhouse, 8, 9, 84, 90 measurement in paleoclimatology, 80 geopotent ...
100 INDEX ultraviolet, 7, 88, 89 radiation fog, 45 radiosonde,70, 71 rain,18, 78 acid, 87 causes, 14, 25 climatic zones, 78 floo ...
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