GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sea Level Rise, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Inequality
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Gg102 class 8 climate change, chapter 4. B/c of fracking (fracturing) push liquid underground, breaks ground, releases oil & gas. Cfc(cid:859)s industry waste throwing out a fridge or oven: ch4 methane from meat production cow farts, co2 fossil fuel burning. U a is the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s la(cid:396)gest oil a(cid:374)d gas p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)e(cid:396) Might benefit canada b/c can no grow certain agriculture. China burning twice as many fossil fuels than in 2000. China has largest co2 emissions but per capita, usa is far worse. Past 3 years have been record-breaking warm earth is heating up exponentially. Sea ice cover melting less sunlight being reflected increase global temp. Wmo: 2016 was warmest year on record (since 1880) +0. 94 celsius warmed than the 20th century average. Before that, both 2014 and 15 had already set new records. 93% of the great barrier reef in aus experienced record-breaking bleaching. Has(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a glo(cid:271)all(cid:455) (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:396)d-cold year since 1911.
