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CLIMATE CHANGEUNIT 4:
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Lesson 1 – Greenhouse Effect
Introduction to climate and climate change Greenhouse Effect
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Weather Versus Climate WEATHER:
Atmospheric conditions, including temperature, precipitation, wind and humidity, in a particular location over a short period of time
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CLIMATE
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CLIMATE
The usual pattern (the average) of the weather in a region over a long period of time (usually 30 years)
The climate of a region determines the types of plants and animals that live there
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CLIMATE
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Sun & Earth’s Climate System Climate System
The complex set of components that interact with each other to produce Earth’s climate
These components include: ○ Atmosphere – (gases surrounding earth)○ Hydrosphere – (liquid water, ice, water vapour)○ Lithosphere -- (Earth’s rock crust, land surfaces)○ Living things – (plants, animals, microbes etc.)
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Sun & Earth’s Climate SystemThe climate system is powered by the SUN
The energy that Earth receives from the sun interacts with the components of the climate system to produce climate zones
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Earth’sEnergy
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Think about this.....
If 70% of solar energy that reaches Earth is absorbed, why doesn’t the Earth just heat up tremendously?
Since the Sun is constantly shining on the Earth and the Earth is constantly absorbing its energy, why does the Earth’s average temperature remain relatively constant?
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Earth’s Surface Emits Energy
As the surface of the Earth warms up from the Sun’s energy, it gains thermal energy and then converts it to low-energy infrared (IR) radiation
The amount of energy radiated by Earth’s system is equal to the amount of energy Earth’s system absorbs from the Sun
Because of this balance of energy, Earth’s global temperature stays fairly constant
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Equilibrium...
The balance between energy absorbed from the Sun and energy emitted from Earth ensures that Earth’s global temperature remains fairly constant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOAqECd70Ww
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Equilibrium....
Without a climate system, the Earth would still reach an energy equilibrium, however, Earth would be much colder
The Greenhouse Effect contributes to the Earth not being so cold. Without the climate system’s greenhouse effect, the Earth’s average global temperature would be -18oC instead of 15oC
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The Greenhouse Effect It is a natural process that has been
happening for millions of years
Gases and clouds absorb infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface and radiate it, heating the atmosphere and Earth’s surface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqVyRa1iuMc
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Greenhouse Gases Any gas in the atmosphere (ie: water
vapour, carbon dioxide, and methane) that absorbs lower energy infrared radiation
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Greenhouse Gas – Carbon Dioxide CO2 makes up only 385 ppm of the Earth’s
atmosphere which represents only about 0.0385%
But, CO2 is estimated to cause up to a quarter (1/4) of the natural greenhouse effect on Earth
CO2 molecules have atoms that can vibrate and wiggle in many ways and can absorb different types of energy
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Greenhouse Gas – Water Vapour
2/3 of Earth’s natural greenhouse effect is caused by water vapour in the atmosphere
Amount of water in atmosphere depends on temperature; about 4%
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Greenhouse Gas – Water Vapour
Water vapour and temperature are related by a positive feedback loop
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Greenhouse Gases – Methane (CH4)
There is less methane in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide
Methane can absorb more thermal energy than carbon dioxide (23 more times)
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Greenhouse Gases – Ozone (O3) Forms a layer protecting the Earth’s
surface from the Sun’s higher-energy UV radiation
Ozone also acts as a greenhouse gas
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Greenhouse Gases – Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
300 times more effective than a molecule of CO2 as a greenhouse gas
Lower levels of nitrous oxide can be found in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide
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The molecule’s increased ability to vibrate will allow for greater absorption of energy
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Greenhouse Gases – Changing the Climate
Greenhouse gases have been a part of our atmosphere for hundreds of thousands of years and have contributed to the naturally occurring greenhouse effect
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But, what’s happening now?
Increases since about 1750 are attributed to human activities in the industrial era.
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Anthropogenic (Human Influenced) Sources of Greenhouse Gases
Carbon Dioxide:Burning fossil fuels (coal, gasoline, natural
gas) releases CO2
Deforestation – inhibits photosynthesis which would remove CO2 from the atmosphere; also as left over forest waste decomposes, it produces greenhouse gases
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Anthropogenic (Human Influenced) Sources of Greenhouse Gases
MethaneAgricultural activities – rice farming, cattle
ranchingLandfills and sewage treatment plants –
methane is released as organic material decays
Coal mining and natural gas extraction releases methane
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Nitrous OxideManagement of livestock feed and wasteUse of nitrogen fertilizers
Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) no natural sources of CFCsLeak out of refrigerators and air conditioners
Anthropogenic (Human Influenced) Sources of Greenhouse Gases
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Anthropogenic Greenhouse Effect
The increase in the amount of lower-energy infrared radiation trapped by the atmosphere as a result of higher levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to human activities, which is leading to an increase in Earth’s average global temperature
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Carbon Dioxide & Global Temperature
Increases in carbon dioxide levels result in increases in global temperature due to the greenhouse effect; however, increases in temperature can also cause increases in carbon dioxide levels
As the temperature increases, carbon dioxide stored in plants and oceans (carbon sinks) get released
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Positive Feedback Loop
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/12/14/14/15/cairo-sees-first-snow-in-112-years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCA60WnoMk
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Homework
Read Section 8.3 (pg:325-329) Do question #2, 3, 5
Read Section 8.6 (pg: 338-342) Do questions # 1, 4, 5
Read Section 9.4 (pg: 384-389) Do questions #2, 5, 6