Rocky Mountains
Fire used to clear areas for farming increased what in the atmosphere?
Climate change
What is it called when the sand is naturally rich in oil?
Tar soil
What is the name of the largest accumulation of garbage in the Pacific Ocean?
Eastern Pacific garbage patch
Indonesia is one of the most "what" active in countries on earth?
Volcanic
What is causing the ocean watr to "fizz" off the coast of california?
Green house gases
Carbon dioxide and methane are powerful what?
Green house gases.
How long would it take the earth to make a years worth of oil?
3 million years
What is the most basic form of Perspex?
Oil
Where is the mud "emerging" from?
The Water (underwater Volcanoes)
What happend to change to global tempretures to what we know today?
Green house gases
What is believed to have prevented the ice age transitions from continuing on its traditional rhythms?
Farming
How many barrels of oil does society burn every year?
31 billion barrels
Where does the mineral copper come from?
Maliki
What were mud volcanoes caused by?
People drilling for gas.
What were global temperatures like back in the day compared to now?
10 degrees warmer
Domesticating wild animals increased what in the atmosphere?
Methane
Traditionally, how many barrels of oil are produced, when barrel of energy used in production?
1:25
How many planes are in the Arizona Desert, never to fly again?
4000 planes
When did the "mud volcano" first erupt?
2006
How are humans trying to create carbon stores?
trying to create artifiial trees
How long ago did our ancestors discover metal ores trapped inside rocks?
5000 yrs ago
As a result of burning fossil fuels, what has happened to the thickness of the artic ice sheet?
It has halved in size
How much plastic ends up in the ocean each year?
26 millions tonnes
How much mud "emerges" each day?
More than 40 olympic size swimming pools
What happened with the "sudden burst" of green house gases 55 milloin yrs ago?
Bubbling explosions/global warming