Environment

• What are the three most common greenhouse gases?

  water, carbon dioxide, methane
• What light is absorbed by greenhouse gases?

  infrared
• What are some anthropogenic activities which increase greenhouse gases?

  burning fossil fuels, bacterial composition of waste in land fills, waste gases from livestock
• What impacts does global warming have on the earth?

  wind and rain patterns shift, extreme weather events, ice melts, sea levels increase
• Why do sea levels increase?

  thermal water expansion, ice sheets melt
• What is the effect of rising sea levels?

  increased flooding, more powerful storms