Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9781337569613
Author: G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 7CR
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The meaning of greenhouse effect and the way in which it is relevant to the sustenance of life on earth. The contribution of CO2 emission on global warming and the two major sources responsible for its emission. The definition of carbon footprinting and the meaning of per capita carbon footprinting. The models used by scientists for predicting future changes in the atmospheric temperature. The effect of (a) the oceans, (b) cloud cover, and (c) outdoor air pollution on the projected climatic change and the atmospheric temperature.

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