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Explain global warming, its causes, and its consequences.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Discuss the role of latent heat exchange in energy movements at the global scale.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Global warming is the result of the Earth's temperature increasing during the 20th century by approximately 1 degree Celsius. This increase in global temperature is due to increases in greenhouse gases such as CO2 that enhance the greenhouse effect. The effects of global warming are a reduction in the size of glaciers and the polar ice sheets and consequently a rise in sea level.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Latent heat exchange is when water changes state and is a key component of the precipitation process and involves the transfer of tremendous energy from low latitudes to high latitudes causing the development of major weather systems and hurricanes.



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