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Round 3: Tossup 4

Eunice Newton Foote’s pioneering work on this effect was overshadowed by John Tyndall. This effect drove a positive feedback loop during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction according to the clathrate gun hypothesis, which predicts the breakdown of permafrost. (-5[1])This (10[1])effect is caused by infrared-active substances that exert a positive radiative forcing by absorbing outgoing longwave (10[1])radiation. This effect decreases planetary albedo and unbalances the planet’s (10[1])energy budget. This effect causes Venus to be warmer than Mercury. For 10 (10[1])points, global warming is driven by what effect in which gases like methane and carbon dioxide trap energy inside the atmosphere? ■END■

ANSWER: greenhouse effect [accept greenhouse gases; prompt on GHGs; prompt on global warming or anthropogenic climate change by asking “that is caused by what effect?”]
<Washington A, Other Science> | Packet C
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Connor KingSt. ThomasMacalester36-5
Ben StrasWisconsin CIowa State3710
Ian SaylorWisconsin AMichigan Tech5310
Henry L'HeureuxMinnesotaWisconsin B6310
Ben WengMacalesterSt. Thomas7610

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%56.00
UK (South)UK8100%13%54.50
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%39.75
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%54.25
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%38.67
FloridaUS4100%0%55.50
Great LakesUS10100%10%58.60
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%47.89
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%51.89
MidwestUS10100%10%42.20
NorthUS4100%25%57.25
NortheastUS11100%18%56.27
South CentralUS6100%17%48.83
SoutheastUS12100%33%66.33
Upstate NYUS5100%0%42.40