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====== Unit 1: The Living World - Ecosystems ====== | ====== Unit 1: The Living World - Ecosystems ====== | ||
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●**Global Warming** | ●**Global Warming** | ||
- | ○**Greenhouse Gas Concentration** | + | ○**Greenhouse Gas Concentration** |
| | | |**Greenhouse Gas**| |**Pre-Industrial Level**| |**In 2016**| | | | | |**Greenhouse Gas**| |**Pre-Industrial Level**| |**In 2016**| | ||
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● **Effects of Climate Change: What’s Coming?** | ● **Effects of Climate Change: What’s Coming?** | ||
- | ○**Physical Changes** | + | ○**Physical Changes** |
- | | + | ● Decrease of glaciers and ice sheets |
- | | + | ● Continued rising of average ocean levels |
- | | + | ● Changes in precipitation |
- | | + | ● Increase in frequency and duration of storms |
- | | + | ● Increase in number of hot days |
- | | + | ● Decrease in number of cold days |
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- | ● Increased crop yields in cold environments | + | |
- | | + | ● Loss of croplands due to drought and higher temperatures |
- | | + | ● Cold-tolerant species will need to migrate to cooler climates |
- | | + | ● Heat-tolerant species may spread and invade new habitats |
- | | + | ● Additional deaths from water and insect-borne diseases |
- | | + | ● Commerce, transport, and coastal settlements may be disrupted by |
changes in ocean levels and storms | changes in ocean levels and storms | ||
- | ● Change in marine ecosystems and fishery productivity | + | |
○ **Adaptations to the Warmer Climate** | ○ **Adaptations to the Warmer Climate** | ||
- | ● Must occur at many levels of society | + | |
- | | + | ●Develop new technology |
- | | + | ● Continue to reduce emissions from engines |
- | | + | ● Legislative and behavioral changes needed |
- | | + | ●Promote sustainable growth |
●**Reducing Climate Change** | ●**Reducing Climate Change** | ||
- | ○**Technological** | + | ○**Technological** |
- | | + | ●Carbon sequestration |
- | | + | ● Reduction of emissions from engines |
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- | ● Turning off the lights to conserve electricity | + | |
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- | ● Enacting new treaties and legislation | + | |