GEOG 2600 Final: Exam Review Guide, Summary and Notes
16 Sep 2016
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03:33 reduce carbon output and keep global warming below 2 c. Per capita emissions more important than total nation"s emissions. Recent summits= controversial, lack of world leaders present, lack of public engagement. All urgent talk, no action from politicians and citizens-> polarizing debate. Pitting north have countries vs. south have not countries. Cc has always occurred e. g. pangaea (supercontinent broken up by continental drift over millions of years), moon formation, still at tail end of ice ages. Wisconsin dominance= last known ice age when humans moved throughout world. Younger dryas effect= 2-6 c drop during last cooling period of. Pleistocene, b/c ice sheet slid from na into ocean-> raised sea levels and made water glacial-period cold. Black sea event= last mass of ice slid off na, overflowed mediterranean, created black sea-> biblical great flood . Ring of fire= antarctica-pacific-antarctica ring of most seismic activity. K-t boundary= dino meteor point btwn cretaceous and tertiary periods.
