Chapter 10
What happens as global temperatures continue to increase?
Climate change becomes more serious as the Earth's average temperature rises.
ex: increased temps, melting ice, increased natural disasters, etc.
How does air pollution affect public health and social justice?
It can increase infection rate of certain illnesses like COVID-19 and disproportionately affect certain groups of people.
Why might people be afraid of changing the way they live?
They are worried about how changes will affect them.
What is the greatest uncertainty in the climate system that Hayhoe mentions?
Humans.
What is one of the peices of information mentione in the chapter that can help show people how climate change is affecting them now rather than in the distant future?
Any of these answers listed below...
Heat waves, Stronger Storms, Flooding, Air Pollution, Disease, Contamination, Food Quality, Safety of Homes & Mental Health
According to Hayhoe, what can help people become more open to climate change solutions?
Connecting solutions to people's values
Kathrine Hayhoe mentions pioneering chemist Charles Keeling in this chapter. what are the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels that Keeling measures as of today?
They are over 420 ppm. (take 400 to 450)
In the summer of 2003 Europe had an extreme heatwave that resulted in how many premature deaths?
70,000+ Deaths
Climate change has already negated over fifty years of advances in poverty and hunger reductions. How many more people are expected to be pushed to poverty by 2030?
120 million (take 100mil- 150mil)