Case Study Quickfire 3.0

Question 1

Give an example of global cooling from Mount Pinatubo

Answer 1

• 1991, erupted Philippines
• 10 km3 ash erupted
• 15,000,000 tons sulphur dioxide
• mean world temp decreased 0.5•c for a year

Question 2

Pasterze Glaciwar fact

Answer 2

• Pasterze Glaciwr Austria retreated 8km inland in past 160 years

Question 3

Hurricane Katrina

Answer 3

• over Atlantic Ocean 2005
• category 5 hurricane
• $125 billion worth damage
• $ 50 billion aid eventually donated
• 40,000 left
• 1833 fatalities
• aftermath worse

Question 4

Drought in Europe summer

Answer 4

• 2003
• 39•c on average
• 40,000 deaths
• 13.1 billion euro cost from agricultural loss

Question 5

Rainforest ecosystem facts

Answer 5

• Rainfall exceeds 2000mm a year
• 80% vegetation, 20% soil
• 30-60% carbon lost when burned

Question 6

Offshore wind farms gwynt y môr

Answer 6

• 160 turbines
• North Wales, 2015
• cost 2 billion
• enough power to fuel 30% households
• prev 1.7 million tonnes co2 to at

Question 7

Amazon rainforest

Answer 7

• 20% destroyed in last 50 yrs
Because of
• It contains 7.2 billion tonnes of ore
• temp inc by 2-3•c in next fifty years
• ALMOST 50% of animals risk extinction • Once 10 million, now under 200,000 I.p

Question 8

The great green wall

Answer 8

• 2010
• 11 countries
• 15 km wide and 8000 km long