GCSE Geography Climate Change WGU C267

GCSE Geography-Climate Change (WGU C267 - Climate Change), Questions and answers. VERIFIED 2024 Last document update:   ago

When did global warming start? - -From 1950s Three ways of knowing climate change? - -Ice cores, glacial retreat, early spring and rising sea levels Describe the greenhouse effect - -The earth allows short wavelength radiation from the sun to heat up the earths surface. Some of the radiation (long wavelength radiation) is emmited and reflected by the earth and is absorbed by greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide, methane and sulfur dioxide This heats up the earths surface What are the greenh...