Greenhouse effect properties

Another family of feedbacks involving biota arise via the process of evapotranspiration in which the rate of water vapor is transferred from the land surface to the atmosphere is mediated by plants. Several consequences have been proposed that include influences of biota on the greenhouse effect of water vapor as well as relative humidity and clouds. Lovelock (1988) suggested that tropical forests might be kept cool by increasing cloud cover in response to higher relative humidity released through enhanced evapotranspiration (via the clouds influences on albedo). Yet another connection arises because tree-covered land has different turbulence properties above it than bare soil, which also influences the cloud cover above. 

Neue HU, Becker-Heidmann P, Scharpenseel HW. 1990. Organic matter dynamics, soil properties, and cultural practices in rice lands and their relationship to methane production. In Bouwman AF, ed. Soils and the Greenhouse Effect. New York Wiley, 457-466. 

Their impact caused random retreat at individual property levels and forced communities to reexamine their coastal zone strategies. Although the greenhouse effect is a subject of debate, sea level is rising around the world for most coastlines, and the rate of rise is increasing. 

Global warming (greenhouse effect) Hypothesis that buildup of carbon dioxide in the troposphere from combustion of fossil fuels and other gases with similar properties will allow solar radiation to reach the earth but impede radiation of infrared energy from the earth to the troposphere, thus increasing the temperature of the earth and its immediate atmosphere in this century. 

Researchers at Cornell have created a biodegradable polymer called polyfimonene carbonate, from limonene obtained from orange peel and converted to fimonene oxide, plus carbon dioxide. The polymer has properties similar to those of polystyrene and has potential to use carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere, adding to the greenhouse effect. ... 

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