CAUSES
Burning this fossil fuel in cars is a major source of carbon dioxide.
what is gasoline?
Sea levels rise because ice sheets do this.
what is melt?
Planting trees helps remove this gas from the air.
What is carbon dioxide?
The warming of Earth due to trapped heat.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The international agreement where countries pledged to limit warming.
What is the Paris Agreement?
Cutting down forests increases CO₂.
what is deforestation?
More frequent and stronger hurricanes are an example of this.
what is extreme weather?
Solar and wind power are types of this.
What is renewable energy?
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?
This frozen ground in the Arctic stores massive amounts of methane.
What is permafrost?
This gas used in agriculture is 25x stronger than CO₂
what is methane?
Coral reefs undergo this stress response when oceans warm.
What is coral bleaching?
Using LED bulbs is an example of this.
What is energy efficiency?
The long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation.
What is climate?
A species whose entire habitat is threatened by melting ice.
What is the polar bear?
Chemical refrigerants that damage the ozone layer.
What are CFCs? (chemical compound)
Climate change can cause species to disappear forever.
What is extinction?
This economic tool charges companies for emitting CO₂.
What is a carbon tax?
Short-term atmospheric conditions.
What is weather?
A sudden, irreversible change in climate systems.
What is a tipping point?
This process in factories creates greenhouse gases by making cement.
What is industrial production?
This cycle causes warming to speed up as ice melts and reveals darker surfaces.
What is a positive feedback loop?
Capturing and storing CO₂ underground is called this.
What is carbon sequestration?
The measurement used to show how much CO₂ is produced by a person or activity.
What is a carbon footprint?
These are giant ocean currents that help regulate climate.
what are thermohaline circulation?