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Fluorinated (f) gas: GWP = 6500-9200, Persistence = 800-50000 years

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PFC

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Greenhouse gas: CH4, much is human caused (ag)

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Methane

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Fluorinated (f) gas: GWP = 23900, Persistence = 32000 years

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SF6

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Species like ____ are having reproductive troubles because they can’t reach breeding grounds, and if they do sometimes shifting ice makes it impossible for them to get back

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penguins

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GWP = 310, Persistence = 120 years

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Nitrous oxides

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Non-human influences: 11-year cycle of sun’s activity rising and falling (low impact)

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Solar cycles

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Non-human influences: source of NOx, COx, and SOx.

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Volcanic Eruptions

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Fluorinated (f) gas: GWP = 140-11700, Persistence = 1-270 years

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HFC

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There has been as many as ___ poles on Earth historically

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8

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Changing ___ ___ are posing severe issues for island communities

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sea levels

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Fish are dying because of ___ ___ in the ocean

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dead zones

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SF6, PFCs, and HFCs all replaced these

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CFCs

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13
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scale for which carbon dioxide is the base (1)

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Global Warming Potential (GWP)

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“Good” volcanic eruptions release ___ which are aerosols that reflect solar radiation

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SOx

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Greenhouse gas: most abundant, not human caused

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Water vapor

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Type of event that killed 730+ in Chicago in 1995 and 35000+ in Europe in 2003

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Heat wave

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3 things we know for sure about climate change

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the climate is changing, we are contributing to change, we are not solely responsible

18
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cancels itself

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Negative Feedback Loop

19
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____ that haven’t dried in the past 100 years are starting to disappear

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Wetlands

20
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Over 8.5 million acres were ___ in 2005 in the US

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burned

21
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GWP = 21, Persistence = 10 years

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Methane

22
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Non-human influences: When the magnetic poles of the Earth shift over time, Period: 300,000 years (High Impact)

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Polar drift

23
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Greenhouse gas: SF6

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Sulphur hexaflouride

24
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Solution that involves find the difference in projected carbon emissions and the goal, and creating “wedges” equal to 1 billion tons that you eliminate one at a time with small lifestyle changes

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Socolow’s Wedges

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Greenhouse gas: N2O is an example (human caused, ag)

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Nitrous oxides

26
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predictions based on past performance and pending actions

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trends

27
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___ ___ are getting larger and more dangerous

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Dust storms

28
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Substance with an 8% reflectivity level

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Open water

29
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18% of the US was in moderate to extreme ____ drought in Nov 2005

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drought

30
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reinforces itself

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Positive Feedback Loop

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Non-human influences: Motion of earth’s axis and the shifting orbit of the Earth, Period: 22,000 years (High Impact)

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Precession

32
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how long the gas will last once it is released into the atmosphere

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Persistence

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Greenhouse gas: PFCs

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Perfluorocarbons

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GWP = 1, Persistence = 300-1000 years

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Carbon Dioxide

35
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Substance with an 85% reflectivity level

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Snow

36
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refers to the reflectivity of a material

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Albedo

37
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Non-human influences: group that includes solar cycles, obliquity, precession, and polar drift

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Milankovitch cycles

38
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4 examples equivalent to “one wedge”

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Double fuel efficiency, produce current coal with 2X efficiency, increase wind electricity 50X, adopt conservation tillage worldwide

39
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Greenhouse gas: HFCs

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Hydrofluorocarbons

40
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Non-human influences: the tilt of the Earth on it’s axis changes, Period: 41,000 years (High Impact)

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Obliquity

41
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“Bad” volcanic eruptions release ___ and ___ which are greenhouse gases

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COx and NOx

42
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Greenhouse gas: 2nd most abundant, human caused

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Carbon dioxide

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