greenhouse effect mechanisms affecting the greenhouse evidence for climate change
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Climate ChangeGreenhouse Effect
Mechanisms Affecting the Greenhouse
Evidence for Climate Change
Myth Busters Question
NASA GREENHOUSE EFFECT
I. Greenhouse Effect1. Radiation from Sun enters atmosphere
a. Reflection (clouds, ice, water) b. Absorption by Surface
2. Earth’s surface creates infrared radiation a. Greenhouse gases trap infrared radiation b. CO2, H20, CH4
Greenhouse Simulator
II. Mechanisms Decreasing Greenhouse Temps
1. Increased Solar Reflection a. Volcanic ash, impact ash, glaciers b. Plate tectonics /ocean currents/ice caps
2. Less solar radiation from Sun (orbit/tilt)3. Less greenhouse gases (cycles)
II. Mechanisms Increasing Greenhouse Temps
1. More greenhouse gasesa. Changes in cycles that recycle gasesb. Burning of fossil fuelsc. Volcanic gases
2. More solar radiation a. Changes in Earth’s tilt and orbit b. Positive feedback loops
Evidence for Climate Change
PAST PRESENTNorth America Ice
AgeGlacial material &
landforms, lakes, sea levels, extinctions
• Retreating Glaciers (melting)
• North pole ice sheet shrinking
Eocene Thermal Maximum
Sea levels, ocean core samples, extinctions
• Changing migrations • Species moving
northward
• Average global temps• Ocean temps• Sea Levels