Sentences with phrase «change in atmospheric composition leads»

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And by carefully measuring and modeling the resulting changes in atmospheric composition, scientists could improve their estimate of how sensitive Earth's climate is to CO2, said lead author Joyce Penner, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Michigan whose work focuses on improving global climate models and their ability to model the interplay between clouds and aerosol particles.

These include increased average land and ocean temperatures that lead to reduced snowpack levels, hydrological changes, and sea level rise; changing precipitation patterns that will create both drought and extreme rain events; and increasing atmospheric CO2 that will contribute to ocean acidification, changes in species composition, and increased risk of fires.

Steve Schneider helped the world understand that the burning of fossil fuels had altered the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, and that this change in atmospheric composition had led to a discernible human influence on our planet's climate.

Specifically, has anyone here framed the issue in terms of, «changing the composition of a substance changes its properties» — and then related that to activities ranging from cooking, to metallurgy, to biotechnology, to the atmospheric effect of taking lead out of gasoline?