The sun <u><em>appears</em></u> brighter than any other star.
(It isn't really, but it looks that way because it's much much much much much much closer to us than any other star.)
Answer:
On average, one acre of new forest can sequester about 2.5 tons of carbon annually. Young trees absorb CO2 at a rate of 13 pounds per tree each year. Trees reach their most productive stage of carbon storage at about 10 years at which point they are estimated to absorb 48 pounds of CO2 per year.
Answer:
waves that are created as a result of vibrations between an electric field and a magnetic field
Answer:
g(h) = g ( 1 - 2(h/R) )
<em>*At first order on h/R*</em>
Explanation:
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We can derive this expression for distances h small compared to the earth's radius R.
In order to do this, we must expand the newton's law of universal gravitation around r=R
Remember that this law is:

In the present case m1 will be the mass of the earth.
Additionally, if we remember Newton's second law for the mass m2 (with m2 constant):

Therefore, we can see that

With a the acceleration due to the earth's mass.
Now, the taylor series is going to be (at first order in h/R):

a(R) is actually the constant acceleration at sea level
and

Therefore:

Consider that the error in this expresion is quadratic in (h/R), and to consider quadratic correctiosn you must expand the taylor series to the next power:
