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GlobalIssues
This number refers to the current world
population.
6.5 billion(compared to 3 billion in 1960)
Measurement term used to describe the area of the Earth’s surface needed to support a given
lifestyle
Ecological Footprint
(Country with the largest ecological footprint per person is the United States.)
Many scientists believe that this
element can someday provide an unlimited
supply of clean energy.
Percent of the Earth’s water available for people to use
City in the world with the largest
population
Toyko with 33.2 million
The Earth’s coldest location
Antarctica ( -89C/-129F at Vostok on July 21, 1983)
The warmest year on record
according to NASA
2005 (followed closely by 1998)
The hottest temperature in North America was recorded
in this U.S. town.
Death Valley, CA
(56 degrees C/134 degrees F. on 9/13/1922)
This tool uses sophisticated software
to replicate the atmosphere and its
behavior
A Mathematical Weather Model
Names given to tropical storms and hurricanes
in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 after the list of specified names had
been exhausted.
Letters of the Greek alphabet
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta
Presently, 10% of land area is
covered with these.
Location of the world’s biggest ice
sheet
Percentage of an iceberg above
water
This collaborative international effort to
research the poles runs from 3/2007 - 3/2009
International Polar Year
(IPY)
These 8 countries/territories
are part of the arctic circle
Canada, Finland, Greenland,
Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden,
United States
The study of Earth’s past
climate
The study of tree rings to learn about the past
climate of an area
A period of long-term downturn in the
temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of ice sheets and mountain glaciers.
A cylinder that holds snow and ice accumulated over
many years. Air trapped in the snow and ice gives scientists clues to past
climate on Earth.
The most prominent known source of inter-annual
variability in weather and climate that occurs every 3-8
years and is marked by unusually warm ocean
temperatures in the Pacific near Peru.
El Nino or ENSO(El Nino Southern Osillation)
This climate change documentary received an Academy Award nomination in 2007
and is also available in book form.
An Inconvenient Truth
A term used to describe gases in the air that are raising Earth’s average
temperature by trapping and absorbing long wave radiation leaving Earth.
Greenhouse Effect
This treaty began in 2005 and was the first international attempt
at reducing greenhouse gas emissions but did not include the U.S.
This UN-organized international panel of climate experts meets and publishes a report every 5-7 years on the risk of human-induced
climate change based on the scientific evidence that exists.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
This famous graph shows the increase of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in Earth’s
atmosphere since 1958.
The Keeling Curve
These 5 gases in the atmosphere are referred to as
greenhouse gases. Name 3.
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
oxide, water vapor, ozone