EESC1168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fossil Fuel, Sea Level Rise, Habitat Destruction
1 Feb 2017
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Identifying upper and lower bounds of co2 absorption based on the graph. But co2 is consumed when a new tree grows to replace it. Coal, oil, and natural gas are not renewable. Deposits of these energy resources formed from plant life that existed millions of years ago. These deposits are not replaceable at the time scale that we are consuming them. Also, no good mechanism to replace the co2 in the atmosphere from this. Gas or oil reservoirs form under rock folds, or impermeable layers. Expected to warm faster than the rest of the us and global mean. Buffer vegetation areas - reduce erosion and flood prevention. Will have to deal with in the future. Higher water levels makes it harder to find the lobster. Warming faster than 99%8x faster than they should. Effects of climate change on natural disasters. As global temperature average warms, more days of extreme heat.
