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Understanding Climate Change MAST October 22, 2010 Mort Sternheim [email protected]@umassk12.net Rob Snyder [email protected]@umassk12.net.
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Glaciers & Deserts Long quiz. 1.What do we call this cracks? 2.What do we call the zone where these cracks are found? 3.Describe in 1 word/phrase the.
Ashley Fisher,Brittany Olson, Maile Gove, Matt Griffin, and Brad Elmendorf.
Chapter 17 Review. Question 1 If new snow was added to a glacier faster than ice & snow melts, what would happen to the glacier? It would get larger.
Continental Glaciers (Ice Sheets) and Illinois Glaciation.
Richness, S = number of species Diversity, H’ = - p i log 2 p i , diversity: alpha diversity: the diversity of a site beta diversity: the change.
Milankovitch Theory of Climate Change The Earth changes its: a)orbit (eccentricity), from ellipse to circle at 100,000 year cycles, b)wobble (precession),
Evidence for Milankovitch theory (wikipedia!). Px272 Lect 3: Forcing and feedback Balance of solar incoming, and earth emitted outgoing radiation Increments.
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