Climate change (adaptation & mitigation, physical causes)

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Created on: 27-02-22 18:47

What are sunspots?

Sunspots are the cooler area of the sun's surface which appear as dark patches.
They occur every 11 years.
The more sunspots there are the warmer the climate is

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What is Adaptation?

Adaptation is adapting to climate change to make life easier.

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What is Mitigation?

Mitigation is trying to stop climate change by reducing greenhouse gases.

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Name a mitigation strategy?

-Alternative energy production
-Afforestation
-International agreements
-Carbon Capture

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Name an Adaptation strategy?

-Coping with rising sea levels (i.e building physical barriers, flood embankements)

-Managing the water supply (water meters)

-Changing agricultural sytems (plant new crop types better suited to the new climatic conditions)

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What is orbital change?

How close the earth is to the sun.
Every 90,000-100,000 years the proximity of the earth orbit will change from circular to eliptical.

The further the earth is from the sun. the cooler he earth will be.
-a more eliptical orbit makes the distance from the

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What are volcanic eruptions?

When lots of dust and materials is released into the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption.

This reflects the sun rays back out (so they do not reach the earth)

This leads to cooling (e.g Mt Pinatubo eruption in 1991, global temperature fell)

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Adaptation is adapting to climate change to make life easier.

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What is Adaptation?

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Mitigation is trying to stop climate change by reducing greenhouse gases.

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-Alternative energy production
-Afforestation
-International agreements
-Carbon Capture

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