Topic(s): Greenhouse Effect, Climate Feedbacks, Biogeochemical Processes, Carbon Cycle
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
This lesson covers different aspects of the major greenhouse gases - water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides and CFCs - including some of the ways in which human activities are affecting the atmospheric concentrations of these key greenhouse gases. This is lesson six in a nine-lesson module about climate change.