Social Science S4 Facts Flashcards
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What influenced how humans learned about climate change and how humans respond to that knowledge
Global conditions of the second half of the 20th century
Considered an international treaty from the United Nations
the Charter of the UN
Chief aim of the United Nations
Preventing the use of force in international relations
Defining characteristic of ESS
it brings the subjects of different field into a single view of Earth and Earth’s relationship to other celestial bodies
Former name of the International Council for Science
International Council for Scientific Unions
What did the time period in the International GeoPhysical Year (IGY) correspond with
A high point in the 11-year cycle of sunspot activity
Where did Charles David Keeling conduct his research at
from Hawaii at a base on Mauna Loa
Bert Bolin traveled where to alert the National Academy of Sciences of the increasing CO2 levels
Washington D.C.
WHat conclusions did Charles Keeling draw from his data of CO2 measurements
that CO2 levels were indeed rising
Where was the International Workshop on Climate Issues hosted
Austria
What did the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) study
climate change within an ESS framework
The topic conference in Villach, Austria that was organized by ICSU, WMO, and UNEP in 1985
“Assessment of the Role of Carbon Dioxide and of Other Greenhouse Gases in Climate Variations and Associated Impacts”
The report that the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) issued
“The greenhouse effect, climatic change and ecosystem”
Name of the conference WMO contributed to in Toronto
“The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security”
What did James E. Hansen testify about in 1988
That human - induced greenhouse effect, not natural fluctuations, was the cause of climate change
Book that was published in 2010 by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
“Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming”
What does the book “Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming” explain
Why so many American don’t believe in climate change ; The authors retrace an episode in the early 1990s where a small group of strategically places individuals were able to halt action combating climate change
What was the political agenda of George C. Marshall Institute
To defend certain Cold War policies of then US President Ronald Reagan against critiques from the scientific community
What signaled the end of the Cold War
When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989
William Nierenberg and his other colleagues at the Marshall Institute used their ties to the president and Bush administration to
present an unpublished paper about climate change that didn’t have the support of the broader scientific community
What did the unpublished paper from William Nierenberg and his colleagues argue
that variability in solar energy, not greenhouse gases, was causing warming
What does it mean by the opposition to the Kyoto Protocol was bipartisan
Both Republicans and Democrats opposed it
2 ideas that influenced U.S. public policy regarding climate change
- Other countries need to commit action before the U.S will commit 2. Taking action to slow climate change will hurt the U.S. economy
Al Gore lost the election to Bush after
A prolonged legal battle regarding vote counts in the Florida that was settled in the U.S Supreme Court
