Across
- 2. increases in temperatures of the planet
- 4. the short-term conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place
- 9. greenhouse gas released from agricultural animals
- 11. a greenhouse gas that is added to the atmosphere during combustion or burning.
- 13. cold air moves rapidly under warm air, generating a thunderstorm
- 14. a system created from rises/converging air that creates stormy weather
Down
- 1. human-induced global warming is occuring at an _______________ rate
- 3. Earth's atmosphere acting like a blanket that traps heat
- 5. tracking foraminifera/diatom fossils and their shell-chemistry through __________________.
- 6. warm air slides gently over cold air, causing steady rain
- 7. patterns of weather in a region over long periods of time
- 8. contain trapped air bubbles of ancient atmosphere
- 10. compressed carbon in the sediment in the form of coal, oil, & natural gas
- 12. the removal of trees on a large scale by humans
- 15. the time period in Earth's history with the closest comparable data to today's climate change
