climate change

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  • Climate Change
    • climate change and its causes
      • climate
      • ice cores
      • time scales
        • short
        • medium
          • historical
          • historical records
          • tree rings
          • retreating glaciers
        • long
          • geological
          • co2 levels
          • oxygen isotope record
          • pollen
      • ocean
        • removing co2
        • thermohaline circulation
        • thermal expansion
      • Untitled
      • little ice age
      • medieval warm period
      • instrumental records - weather stations
      • ice response
      • earths orbit
      • climate forcing
        • circular
        • elliptical
      • solar output - sunspots
      • feedback
        • amplify
        • diminish
      • volcanic
      • cosmic
      • green house affect
      • global dimming
      • 11 of 12 warmest years recorded between 1995 and 2006
    • the impacts of global warming
      • direct impacts
        • distribution
        • vegetation shift
        • thawing of permafrost
        • increasing fires and insects
        • ultraviolet
        • habbitat
        • carbo cycle changes
        • northward species shift
        • society
        • water issues
        • food insecurity
        • indigenous native
        • natural resources
        • helath
        • development of coastal zones
        • desertification
        • poverty
      • indirect impacts
        • eustatic change
        • isostatic change
        • vulnerability
        • resources
      • intergovernmental panel on climate change(IPCC)
    • coping with climate change
      • adaptive capacity
      • climate vulnerability
      • mitigration
        • carbon neutral development
        • carbon capture technology
        • sustainable development
        • reducing output, increasing size of green house gas sinks
      • adaptaion
        • geo-engineering
        • agricultural technology
        • land-use planning
        • changing our lifestyles
      • scale
        • individual
        • local
        • national
        • Untitled
      • kyoto protocol
        • rio de janeiro earth summit
      • 'do nothing'
      • biofuels
      • taxing and trading
      • carbon credits
      • public/ green transport
      • climate crusaders
      • incremental progress
    • the challenge of global hazards for the future
      • higher temperatures
        • increased evaporation
          • worsening green house effect
            • uncertainty
              • more impacts e.g. food insecurity
                • higher temperatures
                  • increased evaporation
                    • worsening green house effect
                      • uncertainty
                        • more impacts e.g. food insecurity
        • water shortages
        • food insecuity
        • dependance on wealth
          • malnutrition
          • poor health
          • inability to cope
          • lack of work
          • debt
        • vulnerability
        • sustainable development
          • environmental
          • local
          • efficiency (resources)
          • equality
        • green strategies
          • tree planting
    • tipping point
      • the impacts of global warming
        • direct impacts
          • distribution
          • vegetation shift
          • thawing of permafrost
          • increasing fires and insects
          • ultraviolet
          • habbitat
          • carbo cycle changes
          • northward species shift
          • society
          • water issues
          • food insecurity
          • indigenous native
          • natural resources
          • helath
          • development of coastal zones
          • desertification
          • poverty
        • indirect impacts
          • eustatic change
          • isostatic change
          • vulnerability
          • resources
        • intergovernmental panel on climate change(IPCC)

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