The Global Environment

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ENVR 200

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Systems Thinking
System
Systems theory
Residence time
Feedback
Positive feedback
Negative feedback
Carbon sink
Climate model
Radiation, Atmosphere and Oceans
Climate
Weather
Electromagnetic radiation
Sunlight
Earth's energy budget
Black body
Stefan–Boltzmann law
Emission spectrum
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Atmosphere of Earth
Greenhouse effect
Albedo
Ice-albedo feedback
Atmospheric circulation
Hadley cell
Polar vortex
Walker circulation
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
Ocean current
Thermohaline circulation
Shutdown of thermohaline circulation
North Atlantic oscillation
Atlantic multidecadal oscillation
Pacific decadal oscillation
Water
Hydrosphere
Water cycle
Water resources
Water crisis
Water stress
Peak water
Biosphere