1Q: lesson 2: climate change Flashcards
1
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• it is a long-term change in the observable weather patterns
• changes in the environment which are the result of the accumulated activities of human beings over the past decades.
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climate change
2
Q
• long-term warming
• has been observed since pre-industrial period
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global warming
3
Q
above-average sea surface temperatures fhaf periodically develop across the east central equatorial pacific
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el niño
4
Q
periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures bla bla
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la niña
5
Q
effects caused by the accumulated heat in the atmosphere
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• rise of sea levels
• unpredictable weather
• droughts
• loss of ice glaciers in the north and south poles
• hurricanes
• floods
