Climate Change

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  • Created on: 08-12-14 18:30
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  • Climate Change
    • Causes
      • Human
        • Burning fossil fuels
          • Higher greenhouse gas emissions
          • Hole in the ozone layer
          • Increased earth temperature
      • El Nino
        • Changes to climate
        • http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/20/may-days-heat-sets-up-record-el-nino
        • Aus and South America
        • Teleconnections
          • Knock on effects
            • Changes to jetstream
              • Affects countries worldwide
                • http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/11/-sp-el-nino-weather-2014
      • Ice core
      • climate
      • Earth's orbit
      • cosmic
      • volcanic action
      • ice response
      • solar outputs
      • Time scales
        • Short
        • Medium
          • retreating glaciers
          • tree ring
          • historical records
        • Long
          • CO2 levels
    • Impacts
      • Sea level rise
        • Arctic glaciers melt
          • Cirmcumpolar deepwater temp raised by 1 degree
          • Big enough to raise sea level by 5m
      • More frequent natural hazards
        • Hydro-meterological
      • Direct impacts
        • desertificaction
        • food insecurity
        • health
        • poverty
        • development of coastal zones
        • ultraviolet
        • vegetation shift
        • carbon cycle changes
      • Eustatic change
      • isotatic change
    • Coping with climate change
      • Technology
        • Renewable resources
          • Solar panels
            • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29551063
        • Solar panels
          • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29551063
      • Intergovermental agreements
        • Kyoto Protocol
        • IPCC
      • public transport
      • carbon credits
      • taxing and trading
      • biofuels
      • 'do nothing'
      • climate cruisaders
      • Adaptive capability
      • reducing output
    • Challenge of global hazards for future
      • food insecurity
      • vunerability
      • green strategies
        • tree planting
      • dependence on wealth
        • inability to cope
        • lack of work
        • debt
        • poor health
        • malnutrition
      • water shortages
      • sustainable development
        • environmental
        • local
        • equality
        • efficiency

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