The use of global-scale technological fixes to counter climate change by either removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or by changing the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth is called ____
a. the Kyoto Protocol
b. geoengineering
c. radiative forcing
d. radiative equilibrium
e. plate tectonics
ANSWER: b
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A. Earth. B. Jupiter. C. Uranus. D. Saturn. E. Pluto.
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A) is erratic. B) decreases. C) increases. D) is unaffected.
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Atmospheric concentrations of ____ can vary significantly depending on time and location
A) hydrogen B) water vapor C) helium D) argon
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