Climate Change: Facts and Impacts

For the last week I have been researching and writing an article on climate change. It turned into more of a report.

Download Here

Outline:

• IS IT HAPPENING IS IT HUMAN CAUSED?

1. Do we know for sure the climate is changing?
2. couldn't this be a resultof natural variation in the climate system?

• THERE IS SOME VARIABILITY THOUGH, HOW MUCH?

1. What are the time scales and magnitudes of natural variation?
2. Abrupt climate change, dangerous whatever it origin.
   

• WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?

1. What changes have we already observed?

A. Cryosphere
B. Oceans
C. Biosphere
D. Weather patterns

2. What changes are still to come?

A. Cryosphere
B. Oceans
C. Biosphere
D. Weather Patterns
E. Health

• WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE AS A SOCIETY CAN TOLERATE?

• WHAT LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE DOES THIS EQUAL?

• HOW MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE PER YEAR CAN HUMAN SOCIETY EMIT IN ORDER NOT TO EXCEED THIS LEVEL?
  

• HOW MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE DOES THIS EQUATE TO PER PERSON PER YEAR?

http://www.filelodge.com/files/4643/Climate%20Change%201st%20Draft.pdf

Home del.icio.us Digg This!