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Alainaaa8

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on: Jul 15, 2018

Which has the greater chance of sending the Earth's climate past a tipping point: the cloud-albedo
  effect or the snow-albedo effect? What will be an ideal response?



Question 2

Is there any relationship between the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere and life on the planet? What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The snow-albedo effect has a greater chance of sending the Earth's climate past a tipping point because
it is a positive feedback. The cloud-albedo effect is a negative feedback



Answer to Question 2

Evidence from the fossil record strongly suggests that the atmosphere co-evolved with life, gaining
oxygen and losing carbon dioxide in response to biological activity.



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