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1 Chapter 14 The Changing Climate The Atmosphere 10e Lutgens & Tarbuck Power Point by Michael C. LoPresto

2 The Climate System

3 Cryosphere - The World of Ice

4 Detecting Climate Change Sea-floor Sediments

5 Temperature Variations over the Past 40,000 years National Ice-core Laboratory

6 Tree Rings Detecting Climate Change

7 Coral Colonies Provide Clues to Changes in Sea Level

8 Natural Causes of Climate Change Plate Tectonics

9 Volcanic Eruptions

10 Haze from Volcanic Eruptions Reflects Sunlight Back into Space

11 The White Cliffs of Dover; A Possible Link between Volcanism and Past Climate Change

12 Eccentricity Variations in Earth’s Orbit

13 Obliquity

14 Precession

15 Solar Variability

16 Sunspots and Temperature? And Drought?

17 Sunspot Cycle

18 Human Impact on Global Change Use of Fossil Fuels Adds Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere

19 Increases in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

20 Global Warming? Temperature Variations since Industrial Revolution

21 Recent Temperature Variations

22 Methane; A Greenhouse Gas Produced in Wetlands

23 Melting of Glacial Ice

24 Human-generated Aerosols Influence Climate

25 Possible Consequences of Global Warming

26 Redistribution of Water and Agricultural Resources

27 Sea-level Rise

28 Melting Glacial Ice Contributes to Rising Sea Levels

29 Arctic Sea Ice Decreased by 20% from 1979-2005

30 Decline in Arctic Sea Ice from 1979-2005

31 Tundra Lakes Shrinking and Disappearing by 11% from 1973-2002

32 Collapse of Antarctic Ice Shelves Polar Warming

33 Chapter 14 END


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