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Is Global climate change a result of the heat taken in by Earth being given off very slowly?
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∙ 6y ago
Yes, in a manner of speaking. "Greenhouse gases" such as carbon dioxide and methane absorb the infrared thermal energy that is re-radiated when the Sun heats the Earth. When the re-radiation is in balance, the solar energy is either re-radiated into space (at night) or used to warm areas closer to the poles by warm air currents and ocean currents. This is the normal greenhouse effect.
Global climate change is happening because we are adding extra greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The gases hold this heat in, and both the atmosphere and the oceans will grow warmer on average.
It's not happening "very slowly" however. Normal climate changes (Ice Ages, for example) take thousands of years to take place. Global warming has happened in a matter of decades (150 years).
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What impact does climate change have on antarctica?
Global warming is slowly melting the ice in Antarctica.
What is most likely to be the result of a slowly warming climate?
gradual rise in the sea level
How do global weather patterns change over long periods of time?
Very Slowly
How do human activities affect the global warming and ozone depletion?
Humans burning fossil fuels are causing global warming. This is continuing unchecked and is causing climate change. Human production of CFCs (now stopped) was responsible for ozone depletion. The ozone layer is very slowly recovering.
How does climate change?
Climate is an average of weather over several years, at least twenty or thirty. Climate is always changing, but changes in the past have happened very slowly, over thousands of years. Humans have never been able to change the climate before, but now, since we began burning fossil fuels, we have added so much greenhouse gases to the atmosphere that the world is warming up. This global warming is causing climate change, because heat is energy, and the extra energy in the oceans and atmosphere is changing our weather substantially. Over the years the climate changes.
How does a species survive a climate change over thousands of years?
It is possible for a species to survive a climate change that happens slowly over a thousand years:The climate change may not be significant enough to harm the species.The species itself may be flexible enough to not be affected by the climate change,As the climate changes, those on the outer skirts of the climate change area may be attracted to more hospitable areas and survive. Those that don't move may perish.Each new generation may result in variations (mutations) to the species. Some of the variants may be able to live in the new climate conditions. Those that can't will perish.
How climate changes?
Climate is an average of weather over several years, at least twenty or thirty. Climate is always changing, but changes in the past have happened very slowly, over thousands of years. Humans have never been able to change the climate before, but now, since we began burning fossil fuels, we have added so much greenhouse gases to the atmosphere that the world is warming up. This global warming is causing climate change, because heat is energy, and the extra energy in the oceans and atmosphere is changing our weather substantially. Over the years the climate changes.
How do nearby bodies of water help keep the climate of certain areas mild?
water temperatures change more slowly than land temperatures.
Why is the climate changing so fast?
It normally takes thousands of years, for example, from the last Ice Age till now. However the recent global warming and climate change has been happening extremely fast, like in the past twenty or thirty years. The earth has never warmed up so fast before. This is why climate change is so dangerous!
What changes in the wood bison's environment make it endangered?
the climate will change so rapidly that it causes the to freak out and they are not used to it so their body kinda slowly dies
What would be the result if the climate suddenly become much colder?
If the climate suddenly became colder the results would be catastophic. Plants would die off, and in turn, the animals that feed on those plants they would die off also.
Do evolution change quickly or slowly?
Slowly.
