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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.

hydrogen

Percent of the Earth’s water available for people to use

Less Than 1%

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.

Glaciers

Location of the world’s biggest ice

sheet

Antarctica

Percentage of an iceberg above

water

Approx. 10%

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

Paleoclimatology

The study of tree rings to learn about the past

climate of an area

Dendrochronology

A period of long-term downturn in the

temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of ice sheets and mountain glaciers.

Ice age

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.

Ice core

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.

Kyoto Protocol

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

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These 5 gases in the atmosphere are referred to as

greenhouse gases. Name 3.

Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous

oxide, water vapor, ozone