Lecture 27

Question 1

What will happen with weather storms over the mid-latitude land masses and wet tropics areas?

Answer 1

The storms will become more intense and more frequent

Question 2

Where in the world will see an increased 5-day precipitation rate?

Answer 2

Everywhere

Question 3

Is snow cover expected to increase or decrease over the next 100 years

Answer 3

decrease

Question 4

How will temperature changes effect the globe

Answer 4

it wont be regionally uniform

Question 5

Globally averaged changes over ____ will exceed changes over _____

Answer 5

Land over water

Question 6

Where is projected to warm the most

Answer 6

the artic region

Question 7

As water warms it contains less what

Answer 7

Oxygen

Question 8

Several components or phenomena in the climate systems can potentially exhibit what and has this happened in the past if so what are 2 examples

Answer 8

Abrupt changes
yes
Artic sea ice loss
Greenland ice sheets

Question 9

If Greenland melts the ocean sea level will rise by how many meters

Answer 9

7M