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Warm earth

Explain how radioactive decay has always warmed Earth from the inside and how nuclear fusion has always warmed Earth from the outside. [Pg.138]

Second (and more influential), temperatures at high altitudes are very cold, because of the way the atmosphere is heated. Energy from the Sun warms Earth, which in turn warms the air above it. As a result, air nearer to Earth s surface is warmer than air higher and farther from the surface of the planet. This makes high-altitude air less condensed and very cold. [Pg.5]

Real-World Reading Link On a hot summer day, you step outside and feel the intense heat of the Sun. Nuclear reactions within the Sun release enough energy to warm Earth and other planets in the solar system for billions of years. It is no surprise, then, that scientists are trying to use this same type of nuclear reaction to produce electricity. [Pg.875]

Lai R. (2010). Managing soils for a warming earth in a food-insecure and energy-starved world. J. Plant Nutr Soil Sci, 173,4—15. [Pg.26]

Ozone is an important allotrope of oxygen and absorbs uv radiation in the upper atmosphere. Various threats to the ozone layer will be detailed in later chapters. Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas that, if we continue to release it to the atmosphere in increasing quantities, may be responsible for the radiative forcing that threatens to warm Earth and produce a variety of dramatic effects. [Pg.313]

A cross section of a post-dispersion grating, mounted in a slightly taller, but otherwise conventional detector dewar, is shown in Fig. 5.8.13. This dewar fits directly into the detector position of a ground-based, astronomical interferometer. Ground-based infrared observations with warm telescopes and residual emission from the warm Earth atmosphere benefit equally from the post-dispersion use of an array. Such a system has been successfully used by G. Wiedemann et al. (1989) in the 750-1250 cm atmospheric window, although with only a small number... [Pg.242]


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