Posts Tagged ‘atmosphere’

by Campus Progress

Question: How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?
a. As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures decrease
b. As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
c. Carbon dioxide concentrations have no effect on climate
d. As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random

Answer:

Answer by Pennsylvania
b. As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase

by dothegreenthing

Question: What chemical compounds or other material goes into the atmosphere potentially leading to a cooling of climate?
What chemical compounds or other material goes into the atmosphere potentially leading to a cooling of climate?

a. Sulfate aerosols and volcanic ash
b. CO2
c. H2O vapor
d. Methane
e. Ammonia
f. Pumice
g. Nitrous oxide
h. None of the above

Answer:

Answer by Punk Rock and Minerals
a. Sulfate aerosols and volcanic ash

by dothegreenthing

Question: How does the atmosphere affect the earth’s temperature and climate?
How does the atmosphere affect the earth’s temperature and climate?

Answer:

Answer by Michel Verheughe
The atmosphere is a composition of nitrogen, oxygen and traces of carbon dioxide, methane, ozone and other rare gases. As the sun heats the surface of the earth and the sea, in turns, it warms up a thin layer of air right above it. Warmer air is lighter and it rises only to cool down with altitude by the adiabatic effect of a lesser pressure aloft.

As it does, it decreases the pressure and causes a displacement of the air from high to lower pressure. That further mixes the atmosphere, transporting moisture and temperature.

Meteorology is about the thermodynamic effects of air masses with different temperature, moisture and temperature. Ultimately, the continuous effect of the weather forms what we know as the climate; the average type of weather a reason has. It is the atmosphere that is the regulator of our climate as a fluid can transport heat and moisture.

by manos_simonides

Question: How does the atmosphere affect the earth’s temperature and climate?
How does the atmosphere affect the earth’s temperature and climate?

Answer:

Answer by MKultra
The atmosphere is the result of the earth’s temperature and partly it’s climate – they are all closely related.

by chinadialogue.net

Question: What chemical compounds or other material goes into the atmosphere and how do these materials affect climate?
This question is concerning volcanoes and the effect their eruptions have on the climate.

Answer:

Answer by MIKE YANTREE
Much more than man does. The climate might be affected by volcanoes but will never be affected by man. The politics behind this is more important than the science behind it. Look for the agendas.

by \!/_PeacePlusOne

Question: What role do convection currents in the ocean and atmosphere have in a regulating climate?
What role do convection currents in the ocean and atmosphere have in a regulating climate?

a. They prevent deep-water currents.
b. They restrict energy to local use.
c. They ensure a balance of precipitation.
d. They set up atmospheric circulation.

Answer:

Answer by Curiosity
D
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Isn’t there a ‘scrubber’ attachment or some way to chemically or physically clean the emissions before they are let into our atmosphere?

I say that its all about money, since filtering, desalination, chlorination, and transportation of seawater is possible. The only way water can be destroyed is through electrolysis or other chemical process
Even if water evaporates, it will not leave the atmosphere.

Fine. Go ahead and don’t believe in Global Warming, archeology, or biology. But there are other more immediate reasons to cut pollution: holes in the ozone causing cancer, smog conditions leading to increased rates of asthma and allergies, rivers with inedible fish, and the destruction of the habitats of animals that YOU enjoy hunting.

Heck, you could even be against pollution for efficiency reasons. Anytime a company dumps something in the trash or pumps it into our atmosphere it is wasted energy, just like radiant heat or vibration is wasted energy.

I have read predictions of the future that even after a large scale nuclear war and pollution, some parts of Earth would have an atmosphere so toxic as to require domed cities to protect from the poisonous air, while other parts of the Earth would be lush and green with a clean atmosphere. Would not pollution and nuclear fallout be worldwide?