change in land cover

Question 1

Ice sheets and glaciers

Lgm

Answer 1

-Extensive ice cover expanding over the northern hemisphere of Europe and Asia and North America
-Ice was found in Australia and more ice cover in central Europe, Central America and on the west coast of South America
There was a Patagonia ice sheet in the south.

Question 2

ice sheet and glaciers

Hco

Answer 2

Ice cover contracted

Question 3

ice sheet and glaciers present

Answer 3

Ice sheets and glaciers in high latitudes in the northern hemisphere as there is no land to form on in the southern hemisphere.

Question 4

Fortses

Lgm

Answer 4

Small forest pockets near the equator
The older drier conditions and the presence of extensive ice sheets over parts of North America and northern Europe meant forests were less extensive
Much more density distributed in close proximity to the equator

Question 5

forsets

hco

Answer 5

47% of land cover was forests

Forests expanded throughout the northern hemisphere and spread to all continents except antarctica

Question 6

present forest

Answer 6

Relatively stable since hco
Human activities reducing forest distribution
Slightly less forest now forests globally is 31% whereas at the HCO 47%