Zusammenfassung der Ressource
What is driving climate change?
- Drivers
- Solar Imput
- Heats the upper atmosphere
- 1/3 returns to space
- Atmosphere
- Absorb heat energy
- Re-radiates a portion back to Earth
- Oceans
- Covers 70% of the Earth's surface.
- Provide water vapor in the air
- Store and transport heat
- Water cycle
- Higher temperatures increase
- Ice melting
- More amount of greenhouse gases
- Water evaporation
- Clouds
- Reflect solar energy
- Warm earth
- Ice and snow
- Reflect sunlight back to space
- Cool the planet
- Landsurface
- Radiates upward heat
- Topography influences on climate
- Human influences
- Increase greenhouse gases
- Effects
- Increase global warming
- Alteration of climate patterns
- Changes in farming
- Forecast
- Computer simlations
- Define generaal circulation models
- Make predictions
- Cannot solve the problem
- Need more info
- Need to prove accuracy
- Bibliography: National Geographic's article