CLIMATE
This describes the average weather over a region, over a period of time.
What is climate?
The patten was a predecessor to this footwear.
What is the high heeled shoe?
Youth became enamored of him when he awoke from a 20 year nap.
Who is Rip Van Winkle?
To Jared Diamond, these three factors explain why white men have so much cargo.
What are Guns, Germs, and Steel?
This pre-industrial practice conserved materials that later became waste
What is bricolage?
These modern atmospheric CO2 data show seasonal oscillations on an increasing trendline.
What is the Keeling Curve?
Bottles of THIS material were once art, and now are trashed.
What is Glass?
At her best she was a witty and fun-loving risk taker, until the coma.
Who is Annie from The Circle?
He built a model of a town in Connecticut in his spare time.
Who is Sam in Moon?
Artist Winslow Homer depicted the New Year arriving in 1868 like this
What is on a velocipede?
Sometimes called global warming’s evil twin, this damages crustaceans and coral reefs.
What is ocean acidification?
People will wait in long lines to use this “convenient” product, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the paper (coffee) cup?
Kalden was this Wise Man’s alias.
Who was Ty, in The Circle?
Climate change deniers use strategies from THIS industry, which also denied the health risks of its product.
What is the tobacco industry?
According to David Nye, invention is the mother of this
What is necessity?
New name for the Holocene that recognizes the historic impact of humans on Earth.
What is the Anthropocene?
This opener evolved from convenience feature to safety feature.
What is the can’s pull tab?
The decision to embrace THIS gave politicians new credibility, in The Circle.
What is being transparent?
Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp is fed by - and feeds - this malevolent “star” in
.
What is Machinery?
Technology extends the ability of this biological phenomenon
What is the human body?
On this Panel, thousands of scientists review climate studies, then write assessments for policymakers
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
THIS material byproduct of fossil fuel burning contributes to climate change, even though it is not a greenhouse gas.
What is black carbon?
This animal, from this place, excretes ash.
What is the transparent shark from Mariana Trench?
DAILY DOUBLE: He lobbied member nations of the UN to address sea level rise (from 2008 until 2012).
Who was President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed?
Portable energy had this quality for most of human history
What is embodied in living things?