CO2 and the Greenhouse effect
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- Created on: 29-04-13 14:25
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- Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect
- CO2 is removed from the air and stored in various places
- CO2 can be sequestered (locked up) in natural stores
- Oceans, lakes and ponds
- Green plants- stored as carbon compounds
- Peat bogs
- Important as it means CO2 is removed from the atmosphere
- CO2 can be sequestered (locked up) in natural stores
- CO2 and CH4 trap heat from the sun
- Earth's temperature= the balance between the heat it gets from the sun and the heat it radiates back out into space
- Gases in the atmosphere act like an insulating layer, absorb most of the heat that would be radiated into space and reradiate it in all directions towards the earth
- CO2 and CH4 are the main greenhouse gases because their levels are rising quite sharply
- Global Warming is a type of climate change
- CO2 is removed from the air and stored in various places
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