Human Fingerprints

Question 1

What are the 9 human fingerprints?

Answer 1

Changing atmospheric structure (and composition)

1. Shrinking upper atmosphere
2. Cooling upper atmosphere
3. Rising tropopause
4. Reduction in [oxygen]
5. Changing isotopic composition of C - enrichment of C12 relative to C13.

6.This enrichment is seen in present day vegetation - biosphere composition change.

Pattern of warming

7. Nights warming faster than days
8. Winters warming more than summers
9. Patterns of ocean warming