S4 BOLD Vocab Flashcards
Global political conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and their allied nations, from around 1946 - 1991
Cold War ; pg. 55
Competition of space exploration and technology between the U.S. and Soviet Union
Space Race ; pg. 56
Agency of the U.S. government founded in 1958 that is a global leader in space exploration and the study of the Earth System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ; pg. 56
Program established in 1979 for the study of the earth System and climate change
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) ; pg. 57
Established in 1987 to study global change in the context of Earth System Science (ESS)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) ; pg. 57
Initiated a systemic measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Charles Keeling ; pg. 58
Swedish meteorologist who in 1959 went to Washington D.C. to alert the National Academy of Sciences that increasing CO2 levels throughout the rest of the century could have serious consequences
Bert Bolin ; pg. 58
A graph that shows the increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere since Charles David Keeling’s initial records
Keeling Curve ; pg. 58
People’s contribution to global carbon emissions
Carbon footprint ; pg. 62
An international agreement that aimed to combat climate change
Paris Agreement ; pg. 64
Also known as UN Climate Change ; established in 1992 as a foundation for intergovernmental action on climate change that led to the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ; pg. 66
A binding agreement among 37 nations that were adopted in 1997 and put into effect starting in 2005
Kyoto Protocol ; pg. 66
A goal set for limiting the amount of global warming above the pre-industrial average to __ by the end of the century
1.5 degrees C ; pg. 66
A policy proposal by Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez, Senator Ed Markey, and others that involve government investment in building infrastructure and incentivizing industries to help address the climate crisis
Green New Deal ; pg. 67
A law passed in 2022 that provides government funding for addressing the challenges posed by climate change
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ; pg. 67