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| What are climate proxies? |
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| something that is probably not in itself of any great interest, but from which a variable of interest can be obtained. Temperature proxies such as tree ring widths and ice core layering are used by climatologists to create a temperature record. |
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| the study of climate change taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth. It uses records from ice sheets, tree rings, sediment, and rocks to determine the past state of the climate system on Earth. |
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| What produced washington scablands? |
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| catacylsmic Missoula floods |
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| What 5 trace gases are greenhouse gases? |
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| CO2, methane, NO, h20 and 0zone |
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| Volcanic, fossil fuel combustion |
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| Absorption of CO2, H20 and CH4 |
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| absorb IR (in troposphere) |
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| Absorbs UV (in stratosphere) |
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| Heating the Earth from above varies with: |
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| Latitude, season and height in atmosphere |
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| Light flow to and from Earth |
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| Most converts to heat, then reflects, then evaporation |
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| Earthshine on back of moon |
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| Deflection of pathway due to rotation of Earth |
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| Rising motion near equator |
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| How much did Earth's surface warm up during the 20th century? |
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| Geologic climate indicators on land |
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| Glacial deposits, permafrost, tree rings, fossils, coastal terraces, sand dune, loess |
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| Geologic climate indicators under water |
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| 18O will be found in the sea water (heavier) and 16O will be found in sea ice |
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| collective effect of changes in Earths movement upon its climate |
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| What type of light waves are reflected from the Earth? |
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| short wavelength radiation |
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| Evaporation and precipitation |
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| Occurs mostly on the equator |
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| Every 100,000 or so years due to eccentricity or earths tilt |
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| crretaceous- 100 mya. no ice. oceans covered 17% of continents. due to plate positions |
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