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GLOBAL WARMING Flashcards

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  • refers to the long-term increase in Earth’s average surface temperature, primarily attributed to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes.
  • This is the result of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by carbon emissions and release of cfc’s, trapping heat and causing a rise in temperatures worldwide.
  • Difference between climate change and global warming
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Global warming

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refers to a broader spectrum of alterations in global climate patterns, encompassing not only temperature rise but also shifts in rainfall, sea level increase, melting ice caps, intensified weather extremes, and ecosystem
transformations due to long term climate shifts

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Climate change

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refers to the prolonged rise in Earth’s average surface temperature, caused predominantly by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. To summarize, ______________ is a specific facet of climate change, highlighting temperature escalation, while climate change encompasses a more comprehensive array of shifts occurring in Earth’s climate system.

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Global warming

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Causes of Global Warming
Greenhouse gases

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  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
  • Methane (CH4)
  • Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
  • Water Vapor (H2O)
  • Human activities Contributing to Emission:
    Energy production
    o Fossil Fuel Combustion
    o Alternative Energy

Transportation
o Vehicles
o Sustainable transportation

Industrial processes
o Cement production
o Technological innovation

Agricultural
o Livestock
o Fertilizer
o Sustainable agriculture

Industrial processes
o Cement production
o Technological innovation

Agricultural
o Livestock
o Fertilizer
o Sustainable agriculture

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  • This gas is primarily released through the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas. It also stems from deforestation and industrial processes.
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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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  • This gas results from agricultural and industrial activities, as well as the combustion of fossil fuels and solid waste.
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Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

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  • A potent greenhouse gas, methane is emitted during the production and transport of fossil fuels, livestock digestion, and the decay of organic waste in landfills.
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Methane (CH4)

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  • While not directly emitted by human activities, changes in other greenhouse gases can influence water vapor levels, amplifying the overall greenhouse effect
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Water Vapor (H2O)

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o Fossil Fuel Combustion
o Alternative Energy

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Energy production

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o Vehicles
o Sustainable transportation

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Transportation

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o Livestock
o Fertilizer
o Sustainable agriculture

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Agricultural

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o Refers to the decrease in forest areas across the world that are lost for other uses such as agricultural croplands, urbanization, or mining activities. Greatly accelerated by human activities since 1960, deforestation has been negatively affecting natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and the climate.
o Loss of carbon sink
o Biodiversity impact

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Deforestation

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o Cement production
o Technological innovation

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Industrial processes

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  • particles also shape the climate as they circulate in the atmosphere. Some of these particles can reflect sunlight, helping to cool the atmosphere. Other aerosol particles absorb heat from sunlight. This causes the atmosphere to warm.
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Aerosol

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o is a process by which human activities transform the natural landscape, referring to how land has been used, usually emphasizing the functional role of land for economic activities.
o Urbanization
o agricultural expansion

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Land-use changes

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  • is the sooty black material emitted from gas and diesel engines, coal-fired power plants, and other sources that burn fossil fuel. It comprises a significant portion of particulate matter or PM, which is an air pollutant.
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Black Carbon

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  • Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.14° Fahrenheit (0.08° Celsius) per decade since 1880, or about 2° F in total.
  • The rate of warming since 1981 is more than twice as fast: 0.32° F (0.18° C) per decade.
  • 2022 was the sixth-warmest year on record based on NOAA’s temperature data.
  • The 2022 surface temperature was 1.55 °F (0.86 °Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average of 57.0 °F (13.9 °C) and 1.90 ˚F (1.06 ˚C) warmer than the pre-industrial period (1880-1900).
  • The 10 warmest years in the historical record have all occurred since 2010.
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Evidence of Global Warming

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  • Increase in severe weather events
  • Increase in the extinction of animals
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Consequences of global rising

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is fundamental measurement for describing the climate, and the temperature in particular places can have wide-ranging effects on human life and ecosystem.

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Temperature

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  • Sea level rise
  • Extreme weather events
  • Human cause
  • If people keep adding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at the current rate, the average temperature around the world could increase by about 4 to 12°F by the year 2100.
  • If we make big changes, like using more renewable resources instead of fossil fuels, the increase will be less —about 2 to 5°F.
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Effects of Global Warming

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  • It encompasses the reduction in the number of species, their genetic diversity, and the variety of ecosystems they inhabit. The change
    of habitats due to rising temperatures creates a challenge for many different species trying to adapt, eventually resulting in a loss of biodiversity.
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Biodiversity loss

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  • Global warming affects natural ecosystems. This means it modifies the timing of seasonal events such as migration and flowering, disrupts food chains, and could lead to an imbalance in the relationship between predators and prey.
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Changes in Ecosystem

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  • Heatwaves, storms, and droughts have an impact on the productivity of agriculture, which can cause food shortages and economies to fall apart in areas where farming is the primary source of income
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Agricultural

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  • People are forced to migrate due to extreme weather events and rising sea levels, which creates social, economic, and political challenges.
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Displacement and migration

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  • Environmental factors such as air pollution, heat waves, and changes in disease patterns can make people sick
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Human Health

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  • Shifting to alternative technologies that either don’t need gasoline
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Reduction of Greenhouse Emission

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  • means an action or program to reduce or eliminate the risk generated by a hazard.
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Mitigation Strategy

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– Refers to the global energy sector’s shift from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption.

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Transition to renewable energy

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– Any machine, software, system, practice or retrofit that leads to a general reduction in energy usage, without significantly impacting level-of-service can be called an ________________

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Energy Efficiency measures

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Large-scale infrastructure changes, such as building defenses to protect against sea-level rise, as well behavioral shifts, such as individuals reducing their food waste.

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Adaptation Measures

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– The use of land to meet changing human needs (agriculture, forestry, conservation) while ensuring long-term socioeconomic and ecological functions of the land.

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Sustainable land-use planning

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– Support states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards.

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Building resilient infrastructure

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  • Its primary goal was to address the status and the slow but immense depletion of the ozone layer at the time of its creation by effectively targeting, suppressing, and presenting to the limelight or publicizing the harmful effects of continuous use of CFC’s (chlorofluorocarbons), halons, and other substances collectively named as ODS (ozone depleting substances).
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Montreal Protocol (1987 – 1989)

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  • The convention sets the framework for annual conferences of the parties (COP) where nations discuss and negotiate actions to combat climate change. It recognizes that both the developed and developing countries plays a role and has different responsibilities in addressing climate change
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (MAY 9, 1992)

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  • It introduces market-based mechanisms such as emissions trading and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to help countries meet their targets more cost-effectively.
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KYOTO Protocol (February 6, 2005)

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  • Agreed on December 12, 2015 and was adopted on November 4, 2016
  • Its main goal is to limit global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, where each country sets its own nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Paris Agreement

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  • Unified goal towards global warming
  • Same identity and attitude in engaging threats
  • Recovery and anticipation on what might be
  • Common but differentiated responsibilities
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Opportunities

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  • Common but differentiated responsibilities
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Challenge

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  • Being committed to sustainability will reduce your carbon footprint and the amount of toxins released into the environment, making it safe. When we focus on sustainability, the entire world benefits and gets to live in clean, more healthy living conditions.
    o Become a member of a community garden
    o Recycle
    o Save water
    o Drive less
    o Avoid burning our waste
    o Use reusable shopping bags
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Roles of Individuals
Sustainable lifestyle choice

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  • How to get involve?
    o Seminar about Global Warming
    o Recyclable materials exchange to school supplies
    o Creation of Environmentally Friendly Homes Creation of Environmentally Friendly Homes
    o Engage people to use eco-friendly materials
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Advocacy and Awareness
Community Engagement

STAS FINAL (4 decks)

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