science, and our knowledge of chemical engineering allows • The Earth is warming, which increases the risk of unan- us to address the issue in a practical and economical manner. [...] The belief that global climate change is a major threat to the well- adults who say global climate change is a major threat to the well-being of the U. [...] Defining key terms In 1856, Eunice Newton Foote — the second female In 1907, English scientist John Henry Poynting coined member of the Association for the Advancement of Science the term greenhouse effect to describe atmospheric heating (AAAS) — reported the results of experiments in which she caused by transmission of short-wavelength solar radiation investigated the impact of water vapor and ca. [...] Arrhenius, S., “On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon low-carbon-economy-index/assets/pwc-low-carbon-economy- the Temperature of the Earth,” Publications of the Astronomical index-2012.pdf (2012). [...] The Earth is a comp lex system involving chemical and The core temperature of the sun is estimated to be physical interactions driven by the fl ow of energy.
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