The Magnitude of a Temperature Increase Due to Greenhouse Warming

question 87

Multiple Choice

The magnitude of a temperature increase due to greenhouse warming will probably be smallest in the ________.

• A)polar regions
• B)lower middle-latitudes
• C)higher middle-latitudes
• D)subtropics
• E)tropics

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