Why does temperature increase with altitude in the stratosphere?
A) Chlorofluorocarbons increase ozone concentrations, which enhance temperature.
B) the anthropogenic greenhouse effect (which is a recent phenomenon)
C) due to the effects of the normal lapse rate effect
D) Ozone acts as a greenhouse gas which traps infrared energy radiated by Earth's surface.
E) Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and then reradiates it at infrared wavelengths.
E
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A) England and Africa
B) Ireland and Germany
C) Southern and Eastern Europe
D) Canada and Latin America
E) Latin America and Asia
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