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Background Information: Topic List

Atmosphere

• Atmospheric Heat Budget
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Composition of the Atmosphere
• Evolution of the Atmosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere
• Troposphere

Oceans

• Oceans
• Sea Surface and Sea Level

Weather and Climate

• Climate
• Cloud and Rain
• Different Climates
• The Hydrologic Cycle
• Weather

Evidence of Climate Change

• Climate Change through History
• Danger of Increased Greenhouse Gases
• El Niño Phenomenon
• Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
• Sea Level and Climate Change

Causes of Climate Change

• ChloroFluoroCarbons
• Danger of Increased Greenhouse Gases
• Deforestation
• Human Causes
• Predictions of Climate Change

Impacts of Climate Change on Human Society

• Environmental Impacts
• General Changes in Daily Lives
• Possible Benefits on Agriculture

The information above was sponsored, in part, by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and published by the National Tidal Facility, The Flinders University of South Australia with financial assistance from the Australian Agency of International Development [AusAID] under the South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project