Role of Antarctic Surface Height

Running head: ENVIRONMENT 1
ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT
Table of Contents
Part A: Greenhouse Gases and Earth’s Energy Budget...............................................................3
Question 1..................................................................................................................... 3
Land and Albedo.......................................................................................................... 3
Water........................................................................................................................ 3
Oceans....................................................................................................................... 3
Atmosphere................................................................................................................. 3
Question 2..................................................................................................................... 4
Question 3..................................................................................................................... 5
Part b: The Cryosphere and Polar Amplification.......................................................................5
Question 4..................................................................................................................... 5
Question 5..................................................................................................................... 6
PART C: Climate Change and Canada's Response....................................................................6
Question 6............................................................................................................... 6
A) Water.................................................................................................................. 6
B) Agriculture or forestry............................................................................................. 7
C) Human health........................................................................................................ 7
D) Urbanization......................................................................................................... 7
E) Northern community development.................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................... 8

ENVIRONMENT
Part A: Greenhouse Gases and Earth’s Energy Budget
Question 1
Land and Albedo
Land plays a vital role as it is a solid part of the earth. Land since the inception of the pre-
industrial period, the surface of land’s temperature has reached nearly twice as much as global
average temperature. Albedo affects the climate by determining how much radiation a plant can
absorb. It can be observed that increase in the frequency, has adversely affected the climate
(Barth-Cohen, Greenberg & Moretz, 2018). The land affects the most, as the heat reaches the
land, the surface tends to get hot and high temperature is harmful not only for humans but also
for animals as well. Since the earth’s climate is based on the incoming and outgoing of energy
and hence land affects the climate to a higher level and vice versa.
Water
Water is a primary medium that can affect the climatic conditions. Climate change
directly affects water security and conflicts as climate changes, floods, droughts, melting
glaciers, storms often occur with severe consequences. Higher temperatures and progressively
extraordinary, less unsurprising, climate conditions are anticipated to influence accessibility and
appropriation of precipitation, snowmelt, stream streams and groundwater, and further break
down water quality (Loeb, et al 2018).
Oceans
The seas spread around 70 percent of the Earth's surface. They hence assume a significant
job in the Earth's atmosphere and in an unnatural weather change. One significant capacity of the