APES: Climate Change Flashcards

8399245242	carbon dioxide	Enters the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil), solid waste, trees and wood products, and also as a result of certain chemical reactions (e.g., manufacture of cement).	0
8399245243	methane	Emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil. Emissions also result from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills.	1
8399245244	nitrous oxide	Greenhouse gas produced by the action of microbes on nitrogen compounds in the soil and the sea	2
8399245247	short wave radiation	Radiation that enters the atmosphere from the sun. Visible Light	3
8399245248	infrared radiation	Radiation that gets trapped by the Earth's atmosphere or radiated into space. Heat.	4
8399245249	ice cores	Source of evidence for past climate change back to almost 1 million years	5
8399245256	global climate change	Changes in the average climate that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades. Can include temperature or rainfall	6
8399245257	global warming	The warming of the oceans, land masses, and atmosphere of Earth	7
8399245258	greenhouse effect	Absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gasses and reradiation of the energy back toward Earth	8
8399245261	carbon sequestration	Terrestrial, or biologic, carbon sequestration is the process by which trees and plants absorb carbon dioxide, release the oxygen, and store the carbon.	9
8399310323	Carbon Offset	voluntary payments toward a cause that will offset the harm being done	10
8399317544	Water Vapor	A natural green house gas	11
8399324760	Carbon Tax	Charge polluters a fee for every unit of greenhouse gas they emit	12
8399331289	Tax Deductions	A deduction in taxes due to an activity that will help alleviate climate change	13
8399344632	Kyoto Protocol	International Treaty signed in 1997 in which 38 countries agreed to decrease greenhouse gas emissions	14
8399359993	Paris Climate Agreement	International Treaty signed in 2015 in which 195 countries agreed to lower greenhouse gas emissions	15
9621239076	Anthropogenic	pollutant that is originated from human activity	16