Climate change Flashcards
What are the effects of climate change?
Atmosphere
Ocean
Cryosphere
Sea level
Carbon and Other Biogeochemical cycles
What year was the warmest 30-year period of the last 1400 years?
2012
What dominates the increase in energy stored in the climate system
Ocean warming
How many percent has been accumulated between 1971 to 2010 (Ocean)
90 %
Which part has been warmed in the ocean?
upper ocean (0-700 m)
What ice sheets have been losing mass lately?
Greenland and Antartic
By how much has the sea level rose?
0.19 m
Since pre-industrial times, how much has the carbon dioxide concentration increased?
40 percent
What is the primarily cause of Carbon dioxide concentration?
fossil fuel emissions
What is the secondarily cause of Carbon dioxide concentration??
land use change resources
the ocean has absorbed 30 percent of emitted arthropogenic carbon dioxide causing what
ocean acidification
