Ecological envelope - The range of ecological conditions that are predicted to be suitable for a species.

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Applied ecology

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The Greenhouse Effect Causes the Earth’s Temperature to Rise

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Solar radiation, in the form of short-wave energy, passes through the atmosphere to heat the Earth’s surface. 

Long-wave infrared energy is radiated back into the atmosphere. 

Most infrared energy is reflected by atmospheric gases, including carbon dioxide molecules, back to Earth, causing global temperatures to rise.

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The greenhouse effect is caused by the insulating effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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Relative absorption per ppm of increase 

CO2= 1

Methane= 32

Nitrous oxide= 150

Chlorofluorocarbons= >10000

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Atmospheric concentration (ppm)

CO2= 381

Methane= 1.75

Nitrous oxide= .315

Chlorofluorocarbons= 0.0005