environmental changes
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Environmental changes, for example changes in CO2 emissions and changes in temperature.TRANSCRIPT
Environmentalchanges
# 1Changes in
CO2 emission
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
Average CO2 emission per person each year:
5 tons
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
World GDP and CO2
http://www.sustainablescale.org/areasofconcern/ClimateChange/ClimateChangeandScale/ScaleProblem.aspx
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
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http://www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#Ranking_Eco_Cities
Eco-city ranking
# 2Changes in temperature
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html
Global temperature is increasing
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.lrg.gif
The change in global temperature in the past 150 years is much greater than
anything we saw in the past 11,000 years
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323628804578346140587268534.html
Temperature on earth the last 100,000 years
http://youtu.be/CqJL-cM8gb4 minute 5.
Predicted temperature increases
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D70F2CC7-5673-43AE-BA73-1F887801266C/0/20100202GST_4_Global_Strategic_Trends_Out_to_2040UDCDCStrat_Trends_4.pdf, p. 105.
The 2010 data confirm the earth's significant, long-term warming trend
http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,2043495,00.html
# 3Changes in water level
http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI
# 4Vegetation
around the world
Sourceshttp://www.universetoday.com/103072/herbal-earth-spectacular-vegetation-views-of-our-home-planet-and-the-natural-world-of-living-green-life/ http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/
Vegetation on earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetation
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124814.htm
Use of phosphorus, an essential plant nutrient, around the world