Vocab

• Albedo


  a measure of the reflectivity of a surface.

  Higher albedo with more reflective surfaces.
• Archaea


  Microorganisms similar to bacteria, including the first life-forms to develop on Earth.
• Carbon sequestration


  Any process in which removes carbon dioxide from the Atmosphere
• Dynamic Equilibrium


  A balance created by active processes whose impacts cancel each other out
• Insolation


  Sunlight that reaches a particular location
• Magnetosphere


  The magnetic field around Earth which deflects charged particles travelling from the sun
• Pollen analysis


  the use of pollen present in environmental samples

  -> used to deduce the climate when historic sediments were deposited
• Proterozoic Marine Organisms


  these include iron oxide deposits produced by the reaction of dissolved iron minerals with the oxygen produced by photosynthesis

  -> occurred in the early Proterozoic era
• Proterozoic Marine sediments


  these include iron oxide deposits produced by the reaction of dissolved iron minerals with the oxygen produced by photosynthesis