Atmosphere and Climate Change vocab

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Long-term weather conditions at a place

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climate

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Distance in degrees north or south of the equator?

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latitude

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Conditions where equatorial Pacific waters are warmer than normal

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El Nino

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Water in the eastern Pacific is cooler than usual.

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La Nina

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Area in the stratosphere with high ozone concentration

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ozone layer

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Damaging the ozone layer:

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chlorofluorocarbons

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Thinning stratospheric ozone over the poles in spring

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ozone hole

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High altitude clouds of water and nitric acid at -80 C?

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polar stratospheric cloud

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Gases that absorb and reradiate infrared radiation from the sun.

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Greenhouse gases.

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Global treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Kyoto Protocol