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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Greenbuilding Law

Albedo The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage. Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. a reduction in ocean pH). a reduction in ocean pH).

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

These early thinkers were Thales (5) who created natural philosophy and theorized that seismological events such as earthquakes had a natural cause (correct) but assumed (wrongly) that landmasses were giant rafts that reacted to ocean ripples which caused the quakes. He was wrong about this too but Anaximander had another idea.