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| Be able to fully describe the differences between the environmental issues known as ozone depletion and greenhouse effect/global warming. |
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Oxone Depletion
- Stratospheric
- Cools Stratosphere
- Chlorofluorocarbons cause it (along with NO2
- Reduces O3
- Increases UV radiation
Greenhouse
- Troposphere
- Warms troposphere
- caused by GH gases
- Traps thermal IR
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| What are the observed and possible effects of global warming? |
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| Glaciers melting and seawater expanding, dryer deserts, wetter tropics, more severe storms, and change in plant communities. |
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| In meters, how much sea level rise would resut from the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet? |
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| In meters, how much sea level rise would resut from the melting of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet? |
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| As the atmosphere warms up, what is happening to the surface ocean temperatures, and what effect does that have on sea level? |
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| Surface ocean warms and expands |
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| What are the four human activities that contribute the most greenhouse gases to the atmosphere? |
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| Agricultural Biproducts, Industrial Processes, Transportation, and Power Plants |
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| What country puts out he most CO2 into the atmosphere? |
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| What country puts out the most CO2 per capita (per person)? |
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| What are the proposed geoengineering strategies to combat climate change and how do they work? |
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Definition
Reflective sheets
Reflective aerosols
Cumplification of the biosphere
Carbon sequestration (clean coal)
Increase clouds |
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| What is the name of the international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? |
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| Where and when did the last international climate summit take place? |
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| Besides mitigation, what other type of technology will need to be applied to global climate change? |
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