Climate Change uncertainties in UK

Question 1

Why are there may uncertainties about climate change and its impacts on the UK

Answer 1

It is difficult to predict climate change even more difficult in small islands such as the UK

Question 2

What do climate scientists use to work out the likely impacts of rising temperature on atmosphere and oceans

Answer 2

Computer modelling

Question 3

What else do climate scientist need to consider when making predictions

Answer 3

Possible changes to green house gas emissions, depending on factors such as:

(1) Population growth
(2) Development
(3) Changes to energy
(4) Use of technology

Question 4

What do the models set out and why

Answer 4

A range of possible future climates because nobody is certain what will actually happen

Question 5

What do computer change suggest climate change resulting from global warming will increase

Answer 5

It will increase the number of wet winters and that there will be a greater frequency of intense weather