Causes Of Climate Change 📖 Flashcards
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Key facts
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Over the past 4000,000 years the climate has risen quite a bit ; due to the world getting warmer, but the graph fluctuates (varies).
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Information
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- Greenhouse gases : Methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide.
- Plants or trees that store carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
- They release carbon dioxide.
- Deforestation, burning fossil fuels, cement making, steel manufacturing.
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Climate change
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- Climate change refers to how the average climate conditions of the planet vary over time.
- Can be caused by natural or human factors.
- Human causes have had a greater impact over the last 250 years (since the industrial revolution).
