Trouble in the Troposphere + Role of Water Vapour
- Created by: Jadii
- Created on: 13-03-14 22:13
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- Trouble in the Troposphere
- The temp. of the Earth is determined by the balance of radiation absorbed
- About 100 years ago, Swedish chemist Arrhenius predicted the increasng concentrations of CO2 would lead to global warming - which it did
- The information available is used to construct computer models of the Earth's climate
- Enormous amount of information
- Emissions
- How emissions are expected to change
- Combined with mathematical descriptions
- In 1988, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations set up in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Assess the problem of potential global warming and climate chnages that might occur as a result
- Produce regular reports that represent the work of thousands of scientists from around the world
- The 2nd IPCC report in 1995 led to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997
- A total of 169 countries agreed to the proposed limits on emission of greenhouse gases. The agreement came into effect in 2004.
- Since 1988, the IPCC has collected a huge body of evidence to support the link between increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the warming of the Earth
- Assess the problem of potential global warming and climate chnages that might occur as a result
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