EAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sea Level Rise, Mountain Pine Beetle, Schizophrenia
20 Sep 2016
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6 of the 8 largest methane emitters are anthropogenic total annual anthropogenic output": ~350 milion tons/yr. Yes, at a very fast rate, and we are heading toward tipping points. ~10,000 gt stored in shallow ocean shelf deposits (not (yet) melting) 30,000 times more than the humans have caused. Congestive heart failure heart swells up to a size and then they die. That is equivalent to the global sea level rise. When all glacial ice melts: ~70 m sea level rise. Potential impact of sea-level rise on bangladesh: half of bangladesh is 6 m below sea level. Climate refugees" people that have to leave where they live because of changing climate effects. Stomach ulcer very painful, due to high acidity. If co2 continues to rise unchecked, the waters could turn corrosive for many marine shelled animals. Gangrene body parts die off and have to be amputated. Massive mortality of coral reefs due to temperature increase and increased acidity.
