ABSTRACT MODELING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES CASE STUDY: ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN IN COLORADO There is mounting evidence that amount of carbon dioxide is being increased which can lead to changing the global climate drastically during this century. Climate change can have important effect on the water resources and water demand like urban and agriculture uses. The effects of climate change have been explored in the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado which is one of the major
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compound‚ carbon dioxide. In 1870 the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 290 parts per million. 144 years later‚ to this very date‚ it has risen to over 400 parts per million. But why does this cause a problem you may ask‚ well it is now universally accepted that an increase in levels of carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere causes temperature to rise. Having said this‚ the absence of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere would have devastating consequences including the eventual extinction
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Notes These are some of the key items I want you to understand: Difference between weather and climate The difference between weather and climate is that the weather is in one place and the climate is the location 7 Main components of the atmosphere: Variables that define what the weather is! 1. Pressure 2. Temperature 3. Wind 4. Humidity 5. Cloud Cover 6. Precipitation type and amount 7. Visibility (distance one can see horizontally) Two types of measurements: examples The two types of
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<b>The Greenhouse Effect</b> <br>The earth’s climate is predicted to change because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the build up of greenhouse gases primarily carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ and nitrous oxide. <br> <br>Energy from the sun drives the earth’s weather and climate‚ and heats the earth’s surface. This causes the earth to radiate the energy back into space. Atmospheric greenhouse gases (water vapour‚ carbon dioxide‚ and other gases) trap some
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dioxide‚ ozone‚ and methane. All of these gasses escape slowly from the atmosphere‚ therefore the heat stays here longer in a short of warm airy blanket. Without the occurrence of the greenhouse effect scientist say that the earths average temperature would be around 30 degrees C. or 50 degrees F. There are many greenhouse gasses that can trap the infrared rays of the sun. Carbon dioxide can be released into the atmosphere in several ways‚ the bulk of it is produced by car exhaust‚ deforestation
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GLOBAL WARMING What Is Global Warming? Global warming is the warming of the earth through carbon dioxide (CO2) being pumped into the atmosphere from tailpipes and smokestacks. Then the gases trap heat like the glass in a greenhouse. This is where the term the “greenhouse effect” came from. What’s Happening Scientists say that the barrier insulating the continental ice caps is melting. “The impacts of warming temperatures in Antarctica
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others emissions had already go beyond the boundaries of self-purification of the atmosphere. After that‚ air pollution is the serious problem that will occur. In addition‚ we need to breathe air to sustain our life because clean atmosphere is a necessary condition for the survival of mankind depends on. Therefore‚ the contaminated air has a direct impact on human health. Of harmful chemicals in the atmosphere enters our body through the respiratory tract and enter our body through the digestive
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harmful depending on its location in the Earth’s atmosphere. If the ozone is located in the troposphere (which extends from the surface of the Earth up to approxiametly10 miles) it is a harmful pollutant and a major component in smog and other environmental health problems. Such tropospheric ozone can damage plastic‚ rubber‚ plant and animal tissue. Ozone located approximately 10-25 miles above the Earth’s surface‚ in a part of the Earth’s atmosphere called the stratosphere is very beneficial. The
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Mainstream scientific organizations concur with the assessment that most of the temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by growth in the atmosphere greenhouse gas concentrations produced by human activity. While there are arguments in favour of natural cause of the global warming‚ I think on balance that the arguments against carry greater weight. A common skeptic argument is that climate has changed naturally in the past‚ long before SUVs and coal-fired power plants‚ and
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Family Education in “ Little Women” As a classic and influential book in American women literature‚ Louisa May Alcott’s “ Little Women” attracts and affects generations of readers. The story describes the passion for ideal‚ the hopes for future‚ the pursuance for true love of the four little women --- Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth and Amy. In this novel‚ four young ladies have quite different characters: Meg‚ the eldest of the four‚ chooses to bear poor life for her true love; Jo‚ a boyish and unfettered girl
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