BIOL 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Biofuel, Init, Gulf Stream
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Climate change global surface temperature is on the rise. This is especially noticeable since the onset of the (cid:858)g(cid:396)eat a(cid:272)(cid:272)ele(cid:396)atio(cid:374)(cid:859) as lo(cid:374)g as (cid:272)a(cid:396)(cid:271)o(cid:374) emissions continue/ increase we can expect climate change to continue. *nature (2013) global temperatures are close to an 11, 000 year peak* The consequences are that the arctic / antarctic/ greenland ice sheets are melting. By the end of the century it is predicted that we will rise 1 metre sea level. Ie) the pacific island are only about 2 m about sea level. Will (cid:449)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)e up (cid:449)ith a(cid:374) oil alte(cid:396)(cid:374)ati(cid:448)e i(cid:374) ti(cid:373)e . In time to keep civilization running: in time to stop further climate change. It should also be noted that more evaporation means that there is more water vapour in the atmosphere. Water vapour traps heat further which contributed to rising heat. More drought also means increased fire and insect outbreaks. Burning adds more atmpsheric carbon which in turn adds more heat.