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1 Chapter 23 The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming The Atmosphere The thin layer of glass that envelops the Earth Chemical reactions Atmospheric circulation produces weather and climates Climate • Climate: the representative or characteristic atmospheric conditions for a region on Earth • Microclimate The climate of a very small local area Urban Dust Dome Polluted urban air produced by the combination of lingering air and abundance of particulates and other pollutants in the urban air mass

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Chapter 23

The Atmosphere, Climate, andGlobal Warming

The Atmosphere

• The thin layer of glass that envelops theEarth

• Chemical reactions• Atmospheric circulation produces weather

and climates

Climate

• Climate:– the representative or characteristic atmospheric

conditions for a region on Earth

• Microclimate– The climate of a very small local area

• Urban Dust Dome– Polluted urban air produced by the combination of

lingering air and abundance of particulates and otherpollutants in the urban air mass

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Climatic Change

• Major climatic changes have occurredduring the past 2 million years

• Appearances and retreats of glaciers• During the past 100 years, the mean global

annual temperature ahs increased by .5degrees Celsius

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Global Warming

• A natural or human induced increase in theaverage global temperature of theatmosphere near the earth’s surface

• 4 factors– Amount of sunlight Earth receives– Amount of sunlight Earth reflects– Retention of heat by atmosphere– Evaporation and condensation of water vapor

Electromagnetic Radiation andEarth’s Energy Balance

• Electromagnetic spectrum– The collection of all possible wavelengths of

electromagnetic energy, considered acontinuous range

The Greenhouse Effect

• Greenhouse Effect– The process of trapping heat in the atmosphere– Water vapor and several other gases warm the

Earth’s atmosphere because they absorb andemit radiation

• Greenhouse Gasses– Gasses that have a greenhouse effect– Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, CFCs

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Global Warming

• Negative and Positive feedback cyclesaffect the atmosphere

• Increase in emission of greenhouse gasses• Solar Forcing, Natural Cycles, Aerosols

(global dimming), Volcanic Eruptions, ElNino

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Effects of Global Warming

• Changes in climatic patterns• Rise in sea level• Changes in biosphere

Adjustments to Global Warming

• Mitigate warming through reduction ofgreenhouse gasses

• Energy conservation• Alternative energy sources• Danger: rapid climatic change