Summary Topic 5 Global Warming

Climate Change
CO2 can either be in he air or in the sink

CO2 removed
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from
the air = CO2 removed from the


↳ carbon
neutrality

Sink-carbon dioxide
from atmosphere stored for long a


period of time which is removed
by photosynthesis .




peat boys
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- humus/soil
-
biomass
coal fossil fuel
-




Carbon
cycle
Photosynthesis
COz -
Tree as carbon -
Animals
in atmosphere compounds (CC)
N F T

respiration suprophytes


-x
Decomposition

limestone
Acid rain
combustion 1I

Peat

1

Coal

Greenhouse
effect
-
radiates short wave radiation at Earth
surface
-




reflects longer wave radiation
off which surface
Earl
-

trapped by greenhouse gases reflect
radiation
-heats
of Earl surface increases >
-
sustains
life

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