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  • Created on: 06-06-21 10:26
what is climate change?
Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates.
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what is the evidence for climate change?
The Earth's temperature has fluctuated in the last few hundred years. However, since around 1950 there has been a dramatic increase in global temperatures.
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what are the impacts of climate change?
Ice caps and glaciers are shrinking, The sea level may rise by 1m in 2100, Polar bears and other wildlife are affected by the artic sea ice being less extensive and Low lying pacific islands such as the Maldives can be affected because of the rising sea
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what are the natural causes of climate change? (orbital changes)
The Earth has natural warming and cooling periods caused by Milankovitch cycles
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what are the natural causes of climate change?
(solar activity)
There can be fluctuations in the amount of radiation from the sun. If there is high amount emitted there will be an increase in Earth's temperatures
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what are the natural causes of climate change?
(volcanic activity)
during a volcanic eruption carbon dioxide, which is a green house gas, is released into the atmosphere.
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human causes of climate change?
(green house effect)
Burning fossil fuels, Deforestation and Dumping waste in landfill
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what other energy sources will help reduce climate change?
Wind power, Solar power and Hydro-electric
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what is carbon capture?
Carbon capture is technology that traps the carbon, so it doesn’t get realised into the atmosphere.
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how do trees reduce climate change?
tree help by absorbing carbon so it doesn't go up into the atmosphere were that will impact climate change
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what agreements where made to reduce climate change?
there was an agreement in Paris 2015 where the main aims for this agreement was to strengthen the global response to threats caused by climate change, to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees C but ideally less than 1.5 degrees and to strengthe
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