Sentences with phrase «radiation from the sun»

They are caused by ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

About direct heat emissions I have seen a figure quoted of 0.1 C or 0.3 % of radiation from the sun.

Another great advantage is that collagen protects the skin from UV radiation from the sun.

This is interesting, since the amount of incoming radiation from the sun is unchanged.

Black carbon, by contrast, warms the planet by absorbing a lot of short - wave radiation from the sun.

The matte black paper absorbs the heat while solar radiation from the sun is reflected from the aluminium foil onto the food.

These molecules, such as the amino acids that build life's proteins, are not very hardy: radiation from the sun easily breaks them apart.

If the ultraviolet radiation from the sun damages human DNA to cause health problems, does UV radiation also damage plant DNA?

Or when stray radiation from the sun affects the sequence of a DNA molecule, later causing birth defects?

It's found out that natural UV radiation from the sun may increase by about 25 % at the beach, as it is reflected by the water and yellow sand.

Not only is ozone a greenhouse gas, it also protects us from damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun, so its presence is important to us.

GHGs typically don't interfere w / short - wave incoming radiation from the sun.

«The temperature of the atmosphere increases rapidly with altitude above the surface due to heating of the atmosphere by methane, which absorbs infrared radiation from the sun,» said Summers.

Darin Toohey, a professor at the University of Colorado's atmospheric and oceanic sciences department and one of the paper's authors, says black carbon absorbs shortwave radiation from the sun, causing the atmosphere to heat up.

The temperature around the world is now increasing and TSI (Total Solar Irradiance) I think solar cycle can cause global warming because our temperature is increasing by radiation from the sun which comes from solar cycle too.

The heat capacity of the ocean is 1,000 x greater than the atmosphere, ocean is over 70 % of earth's surface and earth is warmed by radiation from sun and GHE.

In fact, on average through day and night and over a whole year over the whole Earth's surface, downward infrared radiation is more important than downward solar radiation from the Sun in warming the surface.»

Any variation in total radiation from the Sun will force an accompanying change in mean - surface temperature.

Thanks to UVB radiation from the sun, the average serum vitamin D levels are higher during the summer months.

Ozone is abundant here and it heats the atmosphere while also absorbing harmful radiation from the sun.

Memphis October 14, 2012 at 5:24 pm Myrrh's basic problem is that he doesn't seems to understand that radiation from the sun warms the earth.

Per Michael Mann the MWP did not exist so how could increased radiation from the sun be responsible for it????

He uses Kirchhoff's law and the two energy balances (ground to lower atmosphere, upper atmosphere to space) to derive the result: The long wave upward radiation from the surface is limited to 1.5 times the short wave downward radiation from the Sun.

In one of the two species tested, 68 % of specimens that were shielded from higher - energy radiation from the Sun were revived within 30 minutes of being rehydrated.

A round - trip journey to Mars would probably kill a crew of astronauts, unless they had some futuristic defense against radiation from the sun and from galactic cosmic rays.

Human beings are fragile things, and for the period of time it takes to get them to Mars and back you have dangerous radiation from the sun and the galaxy.

In many Mediterranean climates there is a strong diurnal character to daily temperatures in the warm summer months, due to the great loss of ultraviolet radiation from the sun at night.

This layer of the atmosphere forms when radiation from the sun strips electrons from, or ionizes, atoms and molecules in the atmosphere between about 75 and 1,000 kilometers above Earth's surface.

Infrared radiations from the sun come in before the visible light shows up as the sun rises.

Limiting exposure to microwaves, dental and medical equipment, and even absorbing too much UV radiation from the sun help keep baby and mom healthy.

Scientists at Newcastle University have documented for the first time the DNA damage which can occur to skin across the full range of ultraviolet radiation from the sun providing an invaluable tool for sun - protection and the manufacturers of sunscreen.

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun kicks up haze in the atmosphere.

As they rotate, radiation from the sun cooks simpler chemicals on the comet into prebiotic molecules.

The haze results from chemical reactions in the upper atmosphere, where ultraviolet radiation from the sun ionizes nitrogen and methane, which react to form tiny hydrocarbon particles tens of nanometers in diameter.

The ozone layer is crucial since it blocks out the harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun known to increase the risk of skin cancer and cataract damage, in addition to other harmful effects on plants and animals.

Both solar winds and UV radiation from the sun play a part in Pluto's atmosphere, particularly the upper atmosphere (the exosphere).

The planet's thin atmosphere allows radiation from the sun to irradiate the surface of the planet, adding to the environment's challenges.

So, here is my newbie question: Fig 1 shows earth receiving higher levels of infrared radiations from sun then the infrared radiation emitted by earth.

For example, we can feel infra - red radiation from a fire as heat and, while we can't sense ultra-violet radiation from the sun directly, it can nonetheless give us sunburn.