Climate Change

Question 1

greenhouse effect

Answer 1

water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and more act as a transparent blanket in the atmosphere

Question 2

what area is experiencing the most warming?

Answer 2

the arctic

Question 3

how much has global average sea level risen since 1880?

Answer 3

8-9 inches

Question 4

why is the melting of permafrost a huge concern?

Answer 4

it could release vast amounts of CO2 and methane, as well as viruses, bacteria, and fungi

Question 5

how much earlier is the first leaf-out in the spring?

Answer 5

5 days earlier

Question 6

species ranges are moving towards the __________

Answer 6

poles or equator

Question 7

oceans absorb CO2 and a compound forms that makes the water more acidic

Answer 7

carbonic acid

Question 8

what does carbonic acid do?

Answer 8

it can steal carbonate from the shells of marine organisms

Question 9

what is causing the warming?

Answer 9

increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Question 10

In 1895, Svante Arrhenius predicted what?

Answer 10

a 40% increase or decrease in CO2 might cause the glacial retreats or advances of the ice ages

Question 11

in 1938, G.S. Callendar predicted what?

Answer 11

a doubling in atmospheric CO2 would produce an increase in mean global temp of 2 degrees

Question 12

What were global fossil fuel CO2 emissions in 2022?

Answer 12

37.5 GT

Question 13

what are the three countries with the highest emissions?

Answer 13

China, U.S., India

Question 14

What country has the most cumulative CO2 emissions?

Answer 14

US

Question 15

We know that CO2 and methane block radiation in certain wavelengths, so if green house gasses are causing global warming…

Answer 15

the energy escaping the atmosphere into space should be reduced at the wavelengths of CO2 and methane

Question 16

what is the heat bouncing back from the atmosphere called?

Answer 16

longwave radiation - significant increases found across the world

Question 17

what is the emissions gap?

Answer 17

the difference between those necessary emissions levels, and the levels that current promises will yield - 12 GT of carbon per year

Question 18

sea level projections?

Answer 18

sea levels are projected to increase between 2.5 and 4.5 feet by 2100

Question 19

5 Climate change myths

Answer 19

• CO2 has little or no effect
• climate has changed before
• its the sun
• there’s no consensus
• the models are wrong

Question 20

argument to “CO2 has little to no effect”

Answer 20

• there is laboratory proof that CO2 is a greenhouse gas
• there is an incredible correlation between CO2 levels and temperature over the last 800,000 years

Question 21

Dr. Richard Alley calls CO2…

Answer 21

the biggest control knob for climate

Question 22

reconstruction studies estimate pre-historic temps based on…

Answer 22

ice cores, tree rings, sediment cores

Question 23

global temperature is warmer now than it has been in the last…

Answer 23

1000 years

Question 24

what is the correlation between earth temp and sun output over the last 40 years?

Answer 24

no correlation

Question 25

what percentage of scientists agree on climate change?

Answer 25

about 97%

Question 26

the US does national climate assessments every ____ years, includes ____ federal agencies

Answer 26

5 years, 13 federal agencies

Question 27

what is the IPCC?

Answer 27

inter-governmental panel on climate change

Question 28

what is the most authoritative source for climate science?

Answer 28

the inter-governmental panel on climate change (IPCC)

Question 29

what is the argument against “the models are wrong”?

Answer 29

prediction models have been accurate

Question 30

what is the argument against “the climate has changed before”?

Answer 30

it is changing faster and more, its hotter now than it has been in 1000 years

Question 31

what is the argument against “its the sun”?

Answer 31

there’s no correlation between the earth’s temp and sun output in the last 40 years

Question 32

whats the argument against “there’s no consensus”?

Answer 32

in 2005, several national academies issued a joint statement affirming the mainstream climate change story, the IPCC issues reports that are authored by hundreds of ppl from many nations