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What other factors also affect global temperatures?

The Milankovitch cycles in the Earth’s orbit and variation in sunspot activity

How is water vapour removed from the atmosphere (by nature)?

When it rains or snows

Mention the name of 2 electromagnetic waves the sun emits to earth

Either: Visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared, radio waves, X-rays, and gamma rays

Name the process that maintains earth at a stable & warm temperature

The Greenhouse Effect

What fossil fuel was mined and burned during the 18th century?

Coal

On which continent did scientists conduct an experiment to prove their climate change hypothesis?

Antarctica

Name the 2 main GHG.

CO2 & Water Vapour

Why did scientists choose glaciers to prove their hypothesis about climate change & the concentration of CO2?

Ice builds up over thousands of years → ice from deeper down is older than ice near the surface, therefore they could observe CO2 ratios from years ago

Name 2 consequences of climate change (apart from rising temperatures)

Either: Rainfalls, Tropical storms & Hurricanes, Rising sea levels, Melting glaciers, or Warmer oceans

What did scientists discover after their glacier investigation?

Periods of higher CO2 concentrations coincide with periods when the Earth was warmer.

How did scientists prove their hypothesis regarding climate change?

They did an expedition to Antarctica. Here, they extracted and analyzed trapped air bubbles from glaciers to observe C02 ratios.

What are GHG?

Gases that have the property of absorbing infrared radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth's surface and reradiating it back to Earth's surface

What process removes CO2 from the atmosphere? What is the recent problem humans are having with such process?

Photosynthesis. Deforestation is resulting in the reduction of CO2 removal, which causes a bigger concentration of such.