Environmental Science

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Average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

A gas composed of molecules that absorb and radiate infrared radiation from the sun

A periodic occurrence in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually cool

A thinning of stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring

A periodic occurrence in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually warm

An international treaty according to which developed countries that signed the treaty agree to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases

Layer of atmosphere at an altitude of 15-40km in which ozone absorbs UV solar radiation

A cloud that forms at altitudes of 21,000m during Arctic and Antarctic winter or early spring