In the air tonight
This layer of the atmosphere, located 10–31 miles up, contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This term describes the reflectivity of Earth's surface — how much solar energy is bounced back into space.
What is albedo?
This process occurs when warming water causes corals to expel their symibotic algae, turning white.
This greenhouse gas has a global warming potential of 1 and is used as the reference standard.
What is CO2?
These types of species, including invasive species, can thrive across a wide range of environmental conditions.
What are generalist species?
This international agreement prohibits nations from producing the chemicals that breakdown ozone.
What is the Montreal Protocol?
Scientists use these samples from Antarctica to reconstruct past climates.
What are ice cores?
This gas is the primary driver of ocean warming.
What is CO2?
Radiation that interacts with greenhouse gases is emmitted by this.
What is the Earth's surface?
To prevent zebra and quagga mussels from spreading to new lakes, boats must undergo this process.
What is decontamination/cleaning and drying of hulls, bilges, and equipment?
UV exposure caused by ozone depletion can lead to these two human health conditions.
What are skin cancer and cataracts?
Thawing of this biome releases trapped methane.
What is the tundra?
This process provides food for corals and their symbiotic partner.
What is photosynthesis?
This type of radiation is re-emitted by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in all directions.
What is infrared radiation?
Controlling an invasive species by introducing a predator or parasite.
What is biological control?
The full name of CFCs.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
By meausring the amount this isotope in ancient snow scientists can determine ancient temperatures because warm periods have slightly more than cold periods.
What is O^18?
Ocean warming layers on top of this other phenomenon to compounded the threats to coral reefs.
What is ocean acidification?
A major anthropogenic sources of CH4.
What is livestock/landfills/natural gas leaks?
This species was introduced to Australia to control a pest beetle. It backfired.
What is the cane toad?
This specific element within CFCs is responsible for breaking apart ozone molecules.
What is chlorine?
These natural cycles in Earth's orbital patterns explain long-term climate shifts over thousands of years.
The name of the coral's symbiotic partner.
What is zooxanthellae?
These two infectious diseases could spread poleward as global temperatures increase.
What are Malaria, dengue fever, Zika, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus?
These two methods attempt to prevent new invasive species introductions.
What are border inspections, regulating live animal/plant trade and movement, cleaning boats/equipment, public education