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8. Global climate is in crisis because of recent human activity Flashcards

1
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what does IPCC say about climate change

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  • humans have warmed climate unprecedented in last 2000 years
  • CO2 highest in 2 M years
  • sea level rising fastest
  • artic sea ice lowest level
  • glaciers retreat unprecedented
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what environmetal changes have been seen due to climate change

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  • more frequent and intense heat
  • heavier rainfall and more frequent
  • increasing drought
  • more fire weather
  • ocean warming, acidifying and loosing O2
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3
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unless immediatee large scales reductions of greenhouse gas emissions will be made, limiting warming to what degree is out of reach

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1.5

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4
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evidence for climate crisis

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desertification
wildfire
permafrost melting
coreal bleaching
rising sea levels

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5
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hottest year

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2023

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6
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regional warming highest in what areas and in what months

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northern pole area
dec-feb

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7
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CO2 hasn’t been this high since

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homo sapiens evolved

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8
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upshot of CO2 was bout

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3 million yeaers ago when australopithecus was dominant hominid

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9
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what species lived through all this

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horseshoe crab

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10
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what is major driver of CO2 emissions

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fossil fuel usage

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11
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which country has highest CO2 emissions

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china

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12
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what type of glaciers are disappearing

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high elevation seen in NA

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13
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glacier thickness has gone

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thinner

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14
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moost heat is captured by

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oceans

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15
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what has oceans capturing heat causeed

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anoxic dead zones due to phytoplankton blooms

less O2 production

extreme weather events

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16
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what makes most O2 in atmosphere

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phytoplankton

17
Q

higher spring and summer temperature mean…

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snow melting faster
wildfire risk increase
dry areas becoming drier
more severe fires

18
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sea levels and climate change

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  • storm surges
  • coastal erosion
  • groundwater inundation
  • small islands at risk
19
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what is sea rise consensus

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1m sea rise

20
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oceans acidification , lowering pH

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  • oceans abosrb CO2, more acid
  • corals and marine animals can’t produce calcium carbonate skeletons
  • shell formation issues
  • coral bleaching leads to this too, expulsion or algae from polyps
21
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natural disasters

A

more
extreme weathers
flood
drought

22
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prooblem with natural disaster

A

costly damages

23
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which province thinks least that climate change is happening, and which party

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alberta, conservative

24
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drivers of climate change

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GHGs
carbon based greenhouse gas
CO2
methane
nitrous oxide

25
Q

most emisions are thru what in daily life

A

electricity

26
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primary contributors of increased CO2 in atmosphere

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fossil fuel, industry and land use change

27
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what are sinks for climate change

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ocean
atmosphere
land

28
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emission by country

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1.7% is from canada, but 3rd highest per capita

wealthiest countries are major contributors

29
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who does most emission

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top 25 countries is 91.8%

30
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change in individual decisions

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  • renewabl energy
  • flying less
  • less diet in animals protein
  • less cars
31
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war room

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has not tried to disprove global heating, but they promote AB oil and gas

32
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oil sands in alberta

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release more carbon than rest of canada combined

just greenhouse gas

not even including fossil fuel burning

33
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impacts of climate change

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  • water availabiloty less
  • food production
  • health effect
  • infrastructure problems
  • biodiversity issues
34
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things attributed to changes due to humans

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  • ocean acidification
  • hot temperatures
  • global water rise
  • glacier retreat
35
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what if we increase about 1.5 or 2.5 degrees

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temperature increase

soil moisture change

more rain but doesn’t mean distrubution will be equal

health risk

food supply will yield less fish and maize, less nutrition

inland migration

36
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how will alberta experience climate change

A

heat and drought
more days with 30+
more days or rain
more extreme rain does not mean more soil moisture, patchy rains

37
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human violence with hotter and drier weather

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hotter= more violent crime

more drought = more inter-group riots

increased risk of conflict

38
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denying climate change is…

A

political
republicans usually
conservatives usually

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