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Increin average surface temperature of the earth from 1860 to the present -0.2 c per decade since 1960 Increase in carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere
All the energy from the sun the sunlight comes from the wide range of electromagnetic radiation and most of the radiation reaches the earth is in the infrared and visible wavelengths
What is el Nino and what causes it/what does it cause? Its a periodic variation of pacific ocean currents trade winds blow west across tropical pacific and warm surface water piles up in the western pacific. Winds weaken it also causes global atmospheric circulation that causes the changes in weather in different regions that are far removed from tropical pacific surface water temperatures rise off the south America coast inhibits the upwelling of nutrients- rich cold water from deep levels.
EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL empirical approach is to go back to the geological idea of information
What are some possible effects of climate change? CHANGES IN RIVER FLOW , MELTING OF GALCIAL ICE AND REDUTIONS IN snow cover , rainfall can increase runoff would be more rapid reservoirs will over flow
What are some international agreements to help mitigate with global warming/climate change?
Legally binding limits Cut emissions to 7% below 1990 levels Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil General blueprint for reduction of global emission suggested No legal binding limits set