People
A physicists and engineer who suggested that ICSU embarked on a systematic and comprehensive study of global geophysical activities
What is Lloyd Berkner
US president who initiated the Strategic Defense Initiative
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Considered an international treaty and prevented the use of force in international relations
What is the United Nations
"Carbon footprint"
A city in Iraqi where oil was discovered. Global geopolitics and British colonial influence shaped the contours of local urban life, straining relationship between different groups within the diverse city's population
What is Kirkuk
Created a systematic measurement of atmospheric CO2 in Mauna Lao; then went on to establish the Keeling Curve
Who is Charles David Keeling?
Vice president of President Clinton; supported moving the country support combating climate change. Received more electoral votes but a prolonged legal battle in Florida ultimately made him lose the debate
Who is Al Gore?
Center of advances in knowledge of weather of the weather and climate in the 1970s and 1980s, consolidated by the ICSU and the World Meteorological Association
What is the Global Atmospheric Research program
carbon capture
Carbon sequestration
Greece, Australia, california, Canada, and Hawaii
Where are abnormally severe fires located?
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Katherine Hayhoe, Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Greta thurnberg
Who are people who fought for reducing climate change?
Directed the United States to sign the Kyoto treaty as a gesture of support but with the understanding that it would never be ratified in the US Senate
Succeeded the GARP, founded by ICSU, the WMO, and UNEP. Established in the International Workshop on Climate Issues hosted in Austria.
What is the World Climate Research Program
The start of the Anthropocene, a period when many developments started to occur, the human impact was subnational enough to leave a mark in the geological record, devices by J.R McNeil, humans population quadrupled
What is the Great Acceleration
The NOAA states that it is 300% to 900% more frequent than it was 50 years ago.
What has become more frequent according to NOAA?
Who is Erik M Conway and Naomi Orestes
A Brazilian president who oversaw a rapid increase in the deforestation of the Brazilian Rainforest
Who is President Jair Bolsonaro?
An organization with an political agenda; namely to defend certain Cold War Policies
The Marshall Institution
A period of time for human conquest of nature and of the human capacity for perpetual growth, is considered a success story
What is the Industrial Revolution?
30 million people did this.
How many people moved their homes due to extreme weather events every year?
Testified before the United States Senate that the human-induced greenhouse effect was the cause of climate change
Who is James E Hansen?
Supports pro-business and anti-goverment regulation of business
What are the Republicans?
In the US, this group supports interests of business. In 2019, they acknowledged that humans contribute to climate change and formed a climate change task force to explore the relationship between business and climate change
What is the US Chambers of Commerce?
What are the acronyms for International GeoPhysical Year, International Council of Scientific Unions, Global Atmospheric Research Program, World Climate Research Programme, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene F. Stoermer
Who established the term Anthropocene?