GPHY 314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prokaryotic Small Ribosomal Subunit
29 Dec 2020
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Chapter 1: an introduction to the climate problem: weather: actual state of atmosphere at particular time, easy to measure. What is climate change: most familiar is the progression between seasons, where non-tropical locations experience significant temperature variations. Interested in whether today"s climate is different from that of a century ago: shift of 2 c might seem unimportant but seemingly small changes in climate are associated with significant impacts on environment. 0 longitude: e for locations east of prime meridian, w west. In both directions, longitude increases to 180 , where east meets west at international date line: latitude + longitude together identify the location of every point on earth. If you rely on an opinion leader, no guarantee that they have a firm grasp of the science: most widely accepted approach to rely on opinions of multiple experts. In 1988 as nations began acknowledging seriousness of climate problem,
