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Can People Affect Something as Big as the Atmosphere?
April 9th, 2013 by JD
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JD is a storyteller and rock star, making the world a better place through ACE. He lives in Denver with his wife and two dogs, Utah and Charlie.
Ask ACE: CO2 Saturation?
August 27th, 2012 by Rebecca
Here’s a question that came in over the summer from a middle school science teacher in Colorado:
In college, I remember something about a “saturation effect,” I think it was called. The idea was that CO2 absorbed only certain wavelengths of long wave radiation and once all that radiation was absorbed, adding more CO2 would not raise the temperature anymore. I haven’t found much about …
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
Ask ACE: Why Does Warming Happen Faster at the Poles?
May 31st, 2012 by Rebecca
This is a post in our new blog series “Ask ACE.” Got a question for Reb,our Team Scientist? Shoot her an email at rebecca.anderson@climateeducation.org.
Hi,
My students asked me a question I am not sure how to answer: if the sun is strongest at the equator, why is the globe warming more rapidly at the poles?
Thanks,
Judy
Hi Judy,
Great question. There are a few reasons that the Arctic is warming up at twice the global average. Specifically, it’s the Arctic, NOT Antarctica that’s warming so fast.
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.