ENVS195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: The World Factbook, Sea Level Rise, Landfall
11 Dec 2019
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Climate represents average day-to-day weather conditions as well as seasonal variations for a particular place or region (dearden & mitchell, 2012, p. 202) Climate change defined as a long-term shift or alteration in the climate of a specific location, a region, or the entire planet (hengeveld et al. , 2002, p. 1 quoted in dearden & mitchell, 2012, p. 202). Addresses change only in average surface temperatures. Does not imply uniform warming across the globe. The concentration of carbon dioxide has never been above the 300p/m level. There are cooling and warming periods however at the rate we are going, we are just warming. Incoming solar radiation was lower back then though. This graph, based on the comparison of atmospheric samples contained in ice cores and more recent direct measurements, provides evidence that atmospheric co2 has increased since the. Sea level rising, specifically the amount of sea living rising is also increasing.
