ENGL 2655 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Carbon Cycle, Energy Economics, Thermohaline Circulation
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Peer-reviewed articles are the primary sources of credible information and reports are derived from these several peer-reviewed articles for the purposes of informing stake- holders, funding agencies and the public. We are looking at the california drought. The more data you have the better you"re able to understand different processes. Regions will warm, sea levels will rise, droughts and heat waves will become more common. President has power to: choose agency heads who set priorities, decide what to prioritize, decide how much enforcement to pursue, make choices about how to implement legislation. Federal law sets standards but states or local governments have considerable latitude in how to meet standards, states can also set their own standards if more stringent than federal. Ocean and ocean pollution: salt in oceans comes from chemical weathering, thermohaline circulation = global set of surface and deep ocean flows that are caused by differences in density across and through the world"s ocean.
