Carbon!
When there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, what happens with the global temperature?
When there is more carbon, temperature generally increases.
Does ice have high or low albedo?
How much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere today?
.04% or 420 parts per million
What happens when a positive feedback loop occurs?
Positive feedback loops are when processes are sped up instead of slowed down.
What is compressed in order to become coal?
What do darker soils signify about glacial periods?
The glacial periods were longer.
What is one example of lithospheric output of carbon dioxide?
What is chemical weathering, coral reef growths, burial of plant matter, methane hydrate precipitation
What is obliquity?
Which carbon isotope is radioactive and very commonly used to date glacial sheets?
What is carbon 14
What is one name of an epoch with a icehouse climate?
Any of the below:
Quaternary, permian, carboniferous, protozeroic, arcean