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Chemistry of the atmosphere
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Reducing carbon footprint
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Climate change
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Ways carbon was removed from the atmosphere:
Aquatic organisms
- bones and shells
Photosynthesis
Dissolved
in the
ocean
-
carbon precipates
Main gas in the air now
Nitrogen
Percentage of nitrogen in the air
78
Greenhouse effect
Particles in atmosphere don't absorb incoming
short
- wave radiation from the sun. This radiation is reflected off Earth, losing
energy
, becoming
long
- wave radiation
The
long
- wave radiation is
absorbed
and
dissipated
everywhere
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