What is the source of heat in the stratosphere?
One source of heat in the stratosphere is the sun. The earth is heated inside the atmosphere by reflected energy from the surface of the Earth and is kept at a toast 15 degrees Celsius by the many aerosols and particles floating in the air, inside our atmosphere. With relatively few particles in the stratosphere, other than O3 molecules little heat is retained or reflected back to the surface. Additionally, when UV C light interacts with diatomic oxygen (O2), the 2-atoms of oxygen are able to attach to another O2 molecule to create more O3. This reaction between solar radiation and the O2 releases energy in the form of heat (Botkin and Keller, p. 512-13) 6. The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence. If we cant solve some of our problems in the face of threats to this global commons, then I cant be very optimistic about the future of the world. Discuss this quote. Explain; the meaning of commons and global commons. What exactly was Margaret Mead anticipating? In this qu
