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This region is currently warming faster than anywhere else on the planet.
What is the Arctic?
The number of organisms in a given are is referred to as this. It generally increases over time after a mass extinction event occurs.
What is biodiversity?
Which type of agriculture do humans use more arable land to produce? Plant or animal products?
What is animal products?
Photosynthesis, the nitrogen cycle, and the carbon cycle are all examples of these.
What are biogeochemical cycles?
As climate zones shift, species may struggle to adapt, potentially causing these losses of plant and animal populations.
What are extinctions?
This proxy is used to study prehistoric concentrations of carbon dioxide.
What are ice cores?
Sea otters are keystone species for kelp forests. When they are removed from kelp forests along California's coast, this organism becomes dominant.
What are purple sea urchins?
This rule states that only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to another.
What is the 10% Rule?
The rule that states animal appendages are typically smaller at high elevations and in high latitudes.
What is Allen's Rule?
The ice sheet on this landmass is melting faster than the other one.
What is Greenland?
Carbon dioxide concentrations are often given in this unit of measurement (ppm):
What are parts per million?
The Pleistocene Epoch is well known for these large critters.
What are megafauna?
When two or more species share similar features but are not genetically related.
What is convergent evolution?
When there are too many nutrients in the water, this process may occur when sunlight and water are available.
This international agreement aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (preferably 1.5°C) and includes commitments from nearly every country in the world.
What is the Paris Agreement?
Temperatures in the stratosphere are changing in this way as a result of anthropogenic climate change.
What are decreasing?
These are indirect lines of evidence that can be analyzed to better understand phenomena that can't be measured directly.
What are proxies?
This is the term for the amount of energy produced through photosynthesis.
What is primary productivity?
These organisms, such as phytoplankton and algae, harness sunlight to produce energy through photosynthesis, forming the foundation of aquatic food webs.
What are primary producers?
This report on the state and future of the climate is presented to the White House every 4 years or less.
What is the National Climate Assessment?
This is the highest greenhouse gas emissions scenario (RCP) presented by the IPCC.
What is RCP8.5 (Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 watts/m2)
When an organism sets up a new reproducing population in an area, this has occurred.
What is dispersal?
Maple trees release these winged seeds, called samaras, which spin as they fall, taking advantage of this natural force to spread far and wide.
What is wind dispersal?
These organisms contain 10% of the energy produced by photosynthesis.
What are primary consumers?
This is causing tropical cyclones to be more intense and occur more frequently?
What is anthropogenic climate change?