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How does the ocean affect the rate of accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere?
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∙ 13y ago
Oceans act as a carbon sink, in fact they are the largest carbon sink absorbing about 1/4 of the CO2 we put into the air.
However, with global warming considering that CO2 dissolves better in cold water there is a worry that the oceans will not be able to hold as much CO2 and will begin to release it into the atmosphere
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What factors affect the rate of mechanical weathering?
factors that affect the rate of mechanical weathering?
What factors can influence the rate of weathering?
the winds, the air pressure, and the atmosphere
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What are the factors that affect the rate of evaporation of water discuss how each one of these factors affect the rate of evaporation?
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How does surface affect the affect the affect the affect the affect the affect the travel rate of a rate of a caterpillar?
it does not
Where is the zone of ablation?
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What relationship between accumulation and ablation is necessary for the ice front of a glacier to advance?
The accumulation or snowfall rate needs to exceed the ablation which is the snow or ice melting rate in order for a glacier to advance or move forward. ~hope I'm right!
What makes glaciers?
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Why is ocean acidification happening?
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How does depressants affect the heart rate?
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Which environment is aircraft structural ice most likely to have the highest accumulation rate?
Freezing rain
Does the location of water affect the rate in which it evaporates?
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Factors that affect the amount of oxygen a person?
Stress, adrenaline, breathing rate, heartrate, altitude, composition of atmosphere, food and liquid intake, and various minor factors.
What do you understand by atmospheric stability How does the solar energy affect atmospheric stability and the visibility of the atmosphere?
QAMAR ABBAS ENVIRONMENTALIST GILGIT ASTORE Actually temperature decreases with altitude called as lapse rate, greater the lapse rate of atmosphere the more it will be unstable. Atmospheric stability is the resistance of atmosphere against the increasing lapse rate therefore we can say that colder the temperature at altitude the more unstable will be the atmosphere similarly the low lapse rate determines that the atmospheric stability. The environmental lapse rate is 9.8 C/Km. Solar radiation helps the atmosphere to remain stable because it heats up the gases near the land which subsequently rises while decreasing lapse rate so that it is said atmosphere in clear sunny day is more stable than cloudy one. The third portion of this question is related the visibility with the solar energy YES the solar energy increases the visibility of atmosphere by breaking the trapping of pollutants and dispersing them while increasing the shining of atmosphere as well.
