Evidence for climate change

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  • Created on: 13-05-16 09:25
Preserved in sediment, can be identified and dated to compare conditions that plants live in now [long term]
Pollen Analysis
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Raised beaches can be dated to indicate this [long term]
Sea Level Change
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Can be used to show temperature for the last 400,000 [long term]
Ice Cores
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Agricultural reports and paintings show different conditions [medium term]
Historical Records
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Can reliably show a date and conditions up to 10,000 years ago, thickness indicates conditions [medium term]
Tree Rings
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Date rocks deposited and can look at distance from current glacier [long term]
Retreating Glaciers
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Consistently collected since 1861 [short term]
Weather Records
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Behavior and reduction of [short term]
Polar ice melt
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Scientists use changes in how species are distributed to indicate changes in climate [short term]
Ecosystem Changes
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Raised beaches can be dated to indicate this [long term]

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Sea Level Change

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Can be used to show temperature for the last 400,000 [long term]

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Card 4

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Agricultural reports and paintings show different conditions [medium term]

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Card 5

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Can reliably show a date and conditions up to 10,000 years ago, thickness indicates conditions [medium term]

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