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Global Environmental Change IV

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Flashcards on Global Environmental Change IV, created by J yadonknow on 22/01/2018.
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What is climate change? A large-scale long-term climate shift
What are some natural causes? Solar activity Earth's orbit - Milankovitch cycle Continental Drift
What happens during an El Nino event? Warm air usually rises from America to Asia, during an El Nino event the opposite happens, causes a nutrient flow
What are the changes in [CO2] predicted to be? Pre-industrial revolution:260/280ppm 2017:408ppm IPCC predicts ~600ppm by 2060
What changes in sea level to the IPCC predict? rise by 12cm by 2030
What is happening in Bangladesh? Saline water is working its way into fresh water reserves
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