Soc Sci S3 Organizations/People/Groups Flashcards
First used the term “Anthropocene” in the year 2000
Paul J. Crutzen & Eugene F. Stoermer
Body of the United Nations that defines the Anthropocene as a new epoch that resulted from human - driven changes to the Earth system
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Which two groups was the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) acting under the guidance of in 2019 when voting for the Anthropocene starting date
the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) & the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
What group in 2019 voted in favor of the Anthropocene beginning in the mid-20th century
Anthropocene Working Group (AWG)
Which two proposed the starting date for the Anthropocene should be the late 18th century
Paul J. Crutzen & Eugene F. Stoermer
What group offered a robust list of phenomena associated with the Anthropocene, many of which are climate-related
Anthropocene Working Group (AWG)
Environmental historian who coined the term “Great Acceleration”
J.R. McNeil
British writer who wrote “A Christmas Carol” and “Oliver Twist”
Charles Dickens
Person who popularized the image of the Industrial Revolution that involves large coal-powered factories and soot-covered workers were sometimes still children
Charles Dickens
Argued for making the popularization of the steam engine the starting date of the Anthropocene
Paul J. Crutzen & Eugene F. Stoermer
American scientists that argued that atmospheric water vapor and carbon dioxide could interact with solar rays to raise Earth’s temperature
Eunice Newton Foote
Reported that fossil fuels comprise over 75% of global greenhouse gas emission and almost 90% of carbon dioxide emissions
United Nations
According to what group is “high-tide flooding is no 300% to more than 900% more frequent than it was 50 years ago.”
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
A 2017 report from what identifies 5 important insights related to health risks associated with climate change
United Nations
