Across
- 3. frozen seawater that floats on the surface of the ocean
- 6. strategies are designed to reduce emissions and stabilize the levels of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere
- 8. lasted between about 950-1250 C.E., with warmth in some regions exceeding the current post-industrial era
- 14. released by humans
- 16. when coral polyps eject the symbiotic algae that live with them under stressful environmental conditions
- 18. the area of greatest warming has been in the...
- 19. the period of time where the Earth’s overall surface temperature was lowered enough that glaciers form at poles and mountainous areas
- 20. darker areas on the sun’s surface created by intense magnetic fields
Down
- 1. burning of natural fuels
- 2. adjusting human lives and society to the expected future of the climate
- 4. area between the stratosphere and upper troposphere
- 5. thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth
- 7. dry and less dense layer above the Troposphere, includes the Ozone layer
- 9. permanent layers of ice covering a tract of land
- 10. movement of water through evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration
- 11. 4.6 billion to 540 million years ago, the Earth’s atmosphere was mostly Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen
- 12. ratio of carbon-12 to carbon-13 has increased since the...
- 13. contains the air we breathe and every aspect of what we call weather
- 15. the sea level worldwide is...
- 17. mountain glaciers are ________________ worldwide