Climate change Flashcards

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1
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Some people class climate change warnings as things like

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Global warming

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2
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Orbital changes are changing the earths distance from the Sun. Three distinct cycles are:

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  • eccentricity
  • axial tilt
  • precession
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3
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Solar activity varies

with

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The number of sunspots and high energy solar flares

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4
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Volcanic ash can block out the Sun reducing

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Temperatures on the Earth. This is short-term impact

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Global temperatures have been

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Global temperatures have been cooling gradually over 5.5 million years, but increasing in recent decades

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6
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Climate change evidence is

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Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, changing seasons and direct temperatures

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Climate change is having a significant effect on

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Climate change is having a significant effect on Global ecosystems and on peoples lives

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The greenhouse effect keeps the Earth

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Naturally warm enough to support life

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9
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The enhanced greenhouse effect is changing

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Climates, weather patterns and sea

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10
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The greenhouse effect is increased by

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Human activities

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11
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Alternative energy sources represent

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Sustainable alternatives to fossil feels

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12
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Carbon capture is

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Filtering and storing carbon under the ground

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13
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International agreements are being establish for a

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Sustainable future

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14
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Climate change creates global impacts like

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Reducing crops and water yields, more heat related illnesses, more threats of flooding, changing ecosystems, more extreme weather, stronger tropical storms and desertification

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15
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Agriculture adaptation means

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Farmers adapt by doing things like coping with heat and floods

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16
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Reducing rest from sea level means things like

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Agriculture land being threatened