GLY-1103 Lecture 9: Coastal Processes Part 3
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Fish farming- dilution of native species, monoculture, environmental damage, behavioral problems. Drilling and refining- we have many offshore oil rigs that are susceptible to damage from hurricanes, susceptibility of coastal refining mines ex. Eutrophication- caused dead zones, over nutrification of water. Cyclic changes: sea level, carbon cycle (carbon dioxide, 85% of co2 comes from burning fossil fuels, 15% is from deforestation. Paleoclimate- information from ice cores, rock records, tree rings, plankton (sediment cores), pollen records. Snowball earth was driven by albedo (reflectivity of earth) We emerged from it because reduced vegetation and chemical erosion. Climate change and legends- mediterranean sea crossed bosporus. Strait into black sea, sea level rose 10 cm a day (noah)
