Challenges For The Planet
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- Created on: 22-05-16 18:10
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- Challenges For The Planet
- Climate Change
- Natural Causes
- Milankovitch Cycles
- Axis Tilt
- Every 41,000 years2C temp changes
- Wobble Theory
- Every 26,000 years1-2C temp changes
- Orbital Theory
- Every 100,000 years5-8C temp changes
- Axis Tilt
- Eruption Theory
- Mt. Pinatubu released 140km2 of ash
- Sun Spot Theory
- Every 11 years
- Meteorites
- Milankovitch Cycles
- Human Causes
- Methane realeased 21 times more potent
- 1 cow produces 50 litres of methane a day
- Rice farming in paddy fields
- Increased carbon dioxide release
- Deforestation
- Methane realeased 21 times more potent
- Negative Effects
- Bangladesh
- 100km of inland flooding
- Brackish water poisons land
- B 2050, 15% of land underwater and 50% of coastline flooded
- 80% of fertile land under 10m above sea level
- The Great Barrier Reef
- 1,500 species of fish
- Fish migrate to cooler waters
- Leaving 22 species of sea shore birds without food.
- Temperature increase bleaches and storms break up the coral
- 1/3 of the world's soft coral
- Food Production
- California wheat and maize yield drop by 10-30%
- Soya crop delcine by 20% in Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Debate
- Act Now
- Wipe out 1/5 LIC economies in 20 years
- Humans Are To Blame
- 10 warmest years in the last 15 years
- Sea levels rise by 58 meters
- Do Nothing
- Only 77 scientists participated
- It's Natural
- 98C of all global warming is due to water vapour
- Greenhouse gases form only 3% of the atmosphere
- Act Now
- Global Responces
- Kyoto Agreement
- HICs to reduce emissions by 5%
- Bali Conference
- Humans are 90% to blame for climate change
- Kyoto Agreement
- Natural Causes
- Sustainable Development
- Transport
- London
- Drivers spend 50% of their time in queues
- Low emission zone
- £2-4 million lost each year
- Bike Hire, first 30mins free
- 43% increase in bus passengers
- Bike Hire, first 30mins free
- Roads conribute to 66% of air pollution
- Congestion Charge £100-£200 fine
- 21% fall in traffic
- Congestion Charge £100-£200 fine
- Drivers spend 50% of their time in queues
- Portsmouth
- Park and Ride off the M275
- Wide network of bicycle lanes
- Only 3 roads onto the island
- London
- Sustaintable Companies
- BMW
- Water consumption during production down by 70%
- 100% clean energy used during the production of the i3
- Most sustainbale manufacturer 8 years in a row.
- Tesco
- Carbon Neutral by 2050
- O carbon stores
- 0% waste to landfill
- BMW
- Rainforest Extraction
- Impacts of Extraction
- Oil in Ecuador
- 4.3 million gallons of toxic waste
- Water 1000 times the safe standard
- 250,000 jobs created
- Oil in Ecuador
- Managing Extraction
- Kilum Forest Reserve
- Selective Logging
- Ecotourism
- Papua New Guinea
- Preservation Areas, Limonchocha National Biological Reserve
- Afforestation to re-establish habitats
- Amazon Rainforest, Peru
- Selling local produce benefits the local economy
- High concentration of mercury in fish source (90%)
- Tax incentives for large-scale projects
- Kilum Forest Reserve
- Impacts of Extraction
- Transport
- Climate Change
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