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When does a tropical cyclone occur?
Sea surface temperature is 26 degree or more
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When does La Nina occur?
When the sea surface temperature is below average
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When does an El Nino occur?
When the sea surface temperature is above average
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What can a drought cause?
Anticyclone
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What's so special about Sahel, Africa?
Over the past 40 years, droughts have accelerated famine, and farmers have had to leave the area
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How many people have died from drought disasters in Africa?
More than 1 million
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What are long-term climate changes caused by?
Changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis
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What are short-term climate changes caused by?
The impact of human activites
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What is the present day CO2 concentration in the atmosphere?
390ppm
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What strategies are used to mitigate Volcanic Eruptions?
Monitoring gases, Monitoring ground inflation
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What strategies are used to mitigate Tropical Cyclones?
Satellite imaging, Storm shelters
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What are facts about Destructive plate boundaries?
Subduction, Explosive eruption, Ocean trenches
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What are facts about Constructive plate boundaries?
Plate divergence, Rift valleys, Mid-ocean ridges
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What are facts about Conservative plate boundaries?
Plate shearing, Absence of volcanism
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Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are not types of natural hazards?
True
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The difference between a natural hazard and a natural disasters is the scale of the impact towards people, economy and society?
True
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Average global temperatures have increased between 1992 - 2012 by how much?
0.4 degrees
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What are 2 countries that are ratified in the Kyoto Protocol?
UK + France
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Global Warming results in what type of sea level rise?
Eustatic
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What do latest estimates suggest the sea level will rise by by 2100?
1 metre
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What is an international strategy to tackle climate change?
Kyoto Protocol
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What is a national strategy to tackle climate change?
Carbon taxes
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What is a local strategy to tackle climate change?
Congestion charge
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What is the UK per capita carbon emissions/year (tonnes)?
7.5
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What's the number of countries legally bound to reduce carbon emissions under Kyoto?
35
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What's the percentage change in carbon dioxide emissions by the UK, 1990 - 2009?
-15
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What type of energy is carbon free?
HEP, Tidal, Nuclear
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What type of energy is non-renewable?
Coal, Gas
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When does La Nina occur?

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When the sea surface temperature is below average

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When does an El Nino occur?

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What can a drought cause?

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What's so special about Sahel, Africa?

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