Application Exercise 4

  1. The Earth does not cool rapidly because the Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor on the Earth’s surface absorb the heat from the Sun and radiate the energy to keep the Earth warm.
  2. The statement is incorrect. They do not realise that the extreme weather they are experiencing could in fact be a result of climate change brought about by global warming.
  3. This is because the absorption of microwave radiation by water vapor in the atmosphere will interferes with the detection of intended objects.
  4. In the short run, the burning of fossil fuels contributes to global warming and worsen the air quality. Air quality has a direct impact on our everyday lives and can affect human health over a much shorter time frame than processes such as global warming. It is thus more of a concern in the short run.In the long run, global warming will be the most serious problem, as it may cause people who live at the low altitude islands to have no place to live due to the rise in water level cause by the melting of ice in the north and south pole.

Author: Thomas Chen

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