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  1. Direct Observations Confirm That Humans Are Throwing Earth's Energy ...

    Mar 25, 2021 · A NASA supercomputer model shows how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO 2) – a key driver of global warming – fluctuate in Earth’s atmosphere throughout the year.

  2. Carbon – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    In 1856, Eunice Foote discovered that carbon dioxide (CO₂) and water vapor in Earth's atmosphere trap escaping infrared (heat) radiation, acting like a blanket to keep the surface layers warm (the …

  3. Methane - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    Methane Basics Methane (CH 4) is a powerful greenhouse gas, and is the second-largest contributor to climate warming after carbon dioxide (CO 2). A molecule of methane traps more heat than a …

  4. Clouds and Aerosols – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    As a direct effect, aerosols scatter sunlight back into space. As an indirect effect, they can either help or hinder the development of clouds, which in turn can either cool or warm the planet.

  5. NASA, FEMA Release Comprehensive Climate Action Guide

    Jun 9, 2022 · NASA supercomputer model shows how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO 2) – a key driver of global warming – fluctuate in Earth’s atmosphere throughout the year.

  6. From Weather Forecasting to Climate Change, NASA's AIRS Builds a …

    May 5, 2022 · In addition, AIRS data is used to track clouds, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and other gases and pollutants whose spectral signatures fall within the range of infrared wavelengths AIRS …

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  8. Sea Change – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    However, in the past 100-200 years, scientists have observed that ocean water has become approximately what percent more acidic due to human greenhouse gas emissions?

  9. Earth Now – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    Earth Now – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

  10. Journey to the core - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    Mar 9, 2011 · Regardless of the eventual connections to be established between the solid Earth and climate, Dickey said the solid Earth's impacts on climate are still dwarfed by the much larger effects …