Details Title: Ch. 19 Description: environmental geology Total Flash Cards: 9 Created: 12/02/2008 17:52:34		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Climate Definition The characteristic atmospheric condition(weather) at a particular place or region over time periods of seasons, years, or decades. Term Desertification Definition Conversion of land form, a more productive state to one more nearly resembling a desert Term Earth System Science Definition The study of Earth as a system Term El Nino Definition An event during which trade winds weaken or even reverse and the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean becomes anomalously warm; the westward moving equatorial current weakens or reverses. Term Forcing Definition With respect to global warming, a factor or variable that contributes to global warming, as for example: anthropogenic forcing from burning fossil fuels. Term Glacier Definition A landbound mass of moving ice Term Global Dimming Definition slight cooling caused by human release of air pollution particles that reflect incoming solar radiation back to space. Term Greenhouse Effect Definition Trapping of heat in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) Term Ozone Depletion Definition Refers to stratospheric loss of ozone, generally at the South Pole, related to release of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) into the atmosphere