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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

The sun receives a constant stream of energy produced by nuclear processes that generate an immense amount of heat, light, and radiation. This radiation hits the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ozone layer which reduces the most harmful. The greenhouse gases are methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide (12).

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