Lecture 8 - Climate Change Flashcards
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Milankovitch Cycles
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Earth’s orbit, angle and axis change
2
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Gyres
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Consistent prevailing winds interact w sea surfaces generating huge cycling currents
Five major ones
Moving heat around plant system
From ocean absorbing solar energy
3
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Normal Year
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Surface trade winds drive currents from South America to Australia and INdonesia
Lots of rain
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5
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El Nino Year
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Surface trades relax
More storms in south America
6
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Latent Heat
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released w evaporation (Water gas → Liquid)
Keeps temperature balanced
Solar energy –> water evaporation
7
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Svante Arrhenius - 1895
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Predicted CO2 released by coal burning could cause global warming
8
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Guy Callendar - 1938
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First discovered the world was warming
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