Case Study
This is the term for the proportion of incoming solar radiation that is reflected back into space by surfaces like ice and snow.
What is albedo?
These biological communities, defined by their climate and dominant vegetation, are shifting in spatial distribution due to changing temperatures and precipitation patterns.
This international agreement, adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to below 2°C, with efforts to keep it below 1.5°C.
What is the Paris Agreement?
What country has the most colorful flag
Belize
These two countries face severe climate change impacts, but in different ways: one struggles with rising sea levels threatening its low-lying land, while the other faces existential threats from disappearing islands due to rising ocean levels
What is the Netherlands and Kiribati?
This term describes the temporary reduction of solar radiation reaching the Earth, often following a volcanic eruption.
What are two causes of sea level rise?
What is Thermal Expansion and Melting Ice Caps
Governments often encourage industries to offset their emissions by engaging in this system, which allows them to buy and sell carbon credits.
What is carbon trading?
What is the driest place on earth?
The Atacama Desert or Antartica
In the delta of this country, the river is sinking by 10 millimeters each year, making its lower basin highly susceptible to seawater flooding.
What is Bangladesh?
This specific type of loop amplifies or enhances changes to the initial system, such as when melting ice reduces albedo, leading to even higher temperatures
What is a positive feedback loop?
Acting as a "sink" to absorb CO2, these biological areas face a 35% estimated increase in fire days by the year 2050
What are forests?
This controversial approach involves using technology to deliberately manipulate the Earth's climate, for example by increasing cloud reflectivity.
What is geo-engineering?
How many cats does Mrs. Haines have?
As of 2014, this country was the world’s top polluter, accounting for 30% of global CO2 emissions due to its role as a global manufacturing hub
What is China?
These three dominant cycles—eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession—describe variations in the Earth's orbit and tilt that affect global temperatures over thousands of years
What is the Milankovich cycles
As ice in polar regions and glaciated areas melts (permafrost), it releases carbon into the atmosphere in the form of this specific gas
What is methane?
This 1997 agreement was the first legally binding international pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, though countries like the United States famously refused to sign it.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
What is the name of the Dragon of IST?
Dou Dou!
This 1991 eruption ejected massive amounts of dust into the atmosphere, shielding the planet from solar radiation and causing a 0.5-degree Celsius reduction in northern hemisphere temperatures
What is Mt. Pinatubo?
-More extreme weather makes travel unsafe
-Flooding around ports
-Meting ice creates new routes
This three-stage process involves separating CO2 from power station emissions, compressing it, and injecting it into porous rocks deep underground for permanent storage.
What is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
How do you get all 6 points on an infographic question?
1 point for an overall statement
5 valid statement about the infographic
You must provide both sides of the argument