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Air Climate and Pollution
Air Climate and Pollution
Air Climate and Pollution
and Pollution
Environmental Science
What is the
Atmosphere?
Earth’s atmosphere consists of gas
molecules, mostly nitrogen and oxygen and
a variety of other trace gases, about 300 mi
above the earth's surface.
Aurora Australis
“
Greenhous
eisEffect”
a common term to
describe the capture of
energy by gases in the
atmosphere.
Kyoto
Protocol
this treaty set different limits for
individual nations, depending on their
output before 1990.
Kyoto
Protocol
committing industrialized countries and
economies in transition to limit and
reduce greenhouse gases
(GHG) emissions in accordance with
agreed individual targets.