GGR314H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Industrial Revolution, Land Degradation, Tropospheric Ozone
13 Sep 2016
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Climate, carbon cycle and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. Observed evidence of warming and climate change. Terrestrial, sea level, ice, marine and biodiversity impacts. Mitigation: efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance the storage of carbon in. Adaptation: tackling the consequences of climate change to minimize the impacts on people. Diverse empirical observations (i. e. sea level rise, glacial melt, decreasing sea ice, ocean heat content) Ipcc findings: the earth is getting warmer, mostly due to the increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases that are due to human activities. Global warming is the long-term trend of rising temperatures. Global warming and climate change are causally related, but different. Multiple lines of evidence show changes around the world consistent with a warming world. The global warming debate is ongoing in the media, but settled among scientists. Causes, effects and solutions to climate change are as much about values and behaviour as science.
