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A Blanket Around the Earth

Description:
NASA site explaining the different greenhouse gasses and their effects on our planet. The explain that the IPCC stated humans within the last 250 years have above a 90% chance of causing some of the climate change.

Web Location:
http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

Related Topics:
1. Energy is a physical quantity that follows precise natural laws.
2. Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow through the Earth system.
3. Biological processes depend on energy flow through the Earth system.

Associated Grade Levels:
9-1011-12Public

Related Sub-Topics

3.6 Humans are part of Earth’s ecosystems and influence energy flow through these systems.

2.2 Sunlight, gravitational potential, decay of radioactive isotopes, and rotation of the Earth

3.1 The Sun is the major source of energy for organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part

1.2 The energy of a system or object that results in its temperature is called thermal energy.

2.3 Earth’s weather and climate are mostly driven by energy from the Sun.

3.5 Ecosystems are affected by changes in the availability of energy and matter.

2.6 Greenhouse gases affect energy flow through the Earth system.

2.7 The effects of changes in Earth’s energy system are often not immediately apparent.

2.1 Earth constantly changes as energy flows through the system.

2.4 Water plays a major role in the storage and transfer of energy in the Earth system.

About NARA

Scientists from public universities, government laboratories and private industry from throughout the Northwest, and beyond, are joining together to focus on developing ways to turn one of the region's most plentiful commodities—wood and wood waste—into jet fuel.

Led by Washington State University, the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) will take a holistic approach to building a supply chain for aviation biofuel with the goal of increasing efficiency in everything from forestry operations to conversion processes. Using a variety of feedstocks, including forest and mill residues, construction waste, as well as new energy crops, the project aims to create a sustainable industry to produce aviation biofuels and important co-products. The project includes a broad allianc. . . View More


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NARA is primarily supported by an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30416 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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