Climate 2 Crossword Puzzle

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___ surfaces reflect more heat

As the rate of climate change increases � snow and ice cover decreases. This results in ____ heat being reflected back in to space.

Increasing human activity leads to high concentrations of carbon dioxide in atmosphere is contributing to ____ of the oceans

Natural events such as _____ temporarily increase concentrations of GHGs in the troposphere

___ is a measure used to assess the rate of climate change (3)

Global snow and ice ___ is a measure used to assess the rate of climate change

Natural events such as _____ temporarily increase concentrations of GHGs in the troposphere

Main contributing gas to the NGHE

Without humans, Earth would experience fairly ___ patterns of glacial and interglacial periods

Main contributing gas to the EGHE

Increase in the amount of GHGs in the troposphere due to anthropogenic action � leads to accelerated global warming and ___

Loss of vegetation cover due to ____ pressures has lead to an increase of GHGs in the troposphere

The contribution of a GHG to the GHE is based on the concentration and the ___ it spends in the atmosphere

Atmosphere is made up primarily of ____, carbon dioxide and oxygen

Natural events such as _____ temporarily increase concentrations of GHGs in the troposphere

Carbon can remain locked up (sequestered) in ___ for centuries and soil for millions of years

A human made GHG with very high warming potential which persists in the atmosphere for thousands of years

A natural process where carbon is cycled from organisms to the atmosphere

Levels of GHGs remained relatively _____ in the troposphere until the industrial revolution

Ocean ___ are a long term store of carbon

The contribution of a GHG to the GHE is based on the capacity to absorb ____

Climate change is normal. But the ___ of change is what causes concern - this coincides with anthropogenic activity.

A ____ will remove, store or absorb a GHG from the environment long term

Global ___ temperatures are a measure used to assess the rate of climate change

Fraction of solar energy reflected from the Earth into space

Natural events such as _____ temporarily increase concentrations of GHGs in the troposphere

A form of carbon sequestration is when carbon dioxide dissolves in sea water to form carbonic ____

Carbon locked up in forests or soil for millions of years is released when land is cleared for ____ or natural selection

Fossil fuels are an example of long term ____ storage

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