EESC1168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arctic Ocean, Ecological Resilience, Photosynthesis
1 Feb 2017
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The first 6 months of 2016 each broke records for the warmest month since 1880. The past 3 years all set records as the warmest years. Both temperature and arctic sea ice extent reached record values. Arctic ice melted at pace much faster than anticipated. Reduce fungus that reduce gypsy caterpillars, which eat trees. Climate change will increase the prevalence of some natural disasters. More intense hurricanes, storms, because more evaporation therefore more precipitation. Climate change shows the challenges of scientific discourse. Global warming is a clear descriptor of observed and predicted temperature increasesbut people heard this in the news and thought it sounded pretty good. People wanted to change it to climate change - more accurate description. 2016 was the warmest year on record for third time in a row. Answer: b. because it shows the consistent increasing trend over a long period of time, and it shows that the rate of increase is also increasing.
