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The laws of thermodynamics describe the movement of energy in the environment. One of the hotly debated topics for the environment is the use of fossil fuels that emit CO
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and heat when burned to power our industrial society. The changes that move highly organized materials with stored solar energy to disorganized high entropy compounds with the release of that stored solar energy to the environment may be contributing to warming the planet as well as depleting our energy reserves. There are many sites on the web discussing the relative rates of absorption of sunlight, emission of energy from the planet by radiation, and convection.
Long Term Effect of Storing Energy in the Ocean
Greenhouse Gases and Light Interaction
Quiz 1M
Quiz 2C
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