CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOSSARY GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Glacial- cold period of Earth’s history when ice sheets covering the poles increased in size Short wave solar radiation enter
As it enters the atmosphere it m
Inter-glacial- warmer period of Earth’s history when ice cover retreats
be reflected or scattered
Greenhouse effect- natural process that traps heat in the atmosphere Only small amount of solar radia
Solar energy heats earth’s surfa
Carbon sink- long term store of carbon into the atmosphere
Long wave radiation is easily ab
• During the quaternary period climate has changed constantly gasses in the atmosphere
• There have been glacial and inter- glacial periods These gasses re- radiate the hea
• Natural causes for climate change: lower atmosphere
• Natural wobble of the Earth as it moves around the sun. This affects
its tilt and how much solar energy Earth receives. Tilt of axis varies GREENHOUSE EFFECT HAS EXISTED FOR
between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees every 41 000 years WARM. IT IS ENHANCED GREENHOUSE E
• Earth has an eccentric orbit which means that sometimes Earth is DUE TO TOO MANY GREENHOUSE GASS
closer to the Sun, so it receives more solar energy and sometimes it is
further away- receiving less solar energy EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WILDL
• Some people argue that the increase in atmospheric temperature is part of a natural
cycle of inter glacial period Polar bears are vulnerable to cli
• Others point to the fact that increase in atmospheric temperature is now very fast and There has been a decline in pola
is getting bigger and starvation
• Human interference: Bears need sea to remain frozen
• Many scientists believe how enhanced greenhouse effect is due to once the ice melts and breaks it
human activity such as burning fossil fuels Canadian wildlife Service (CWS)
should
Carbon is one of the most common elements in the environment
For each week thaw comes earl
It is present in: all organic substances, simple substances, complex compounds
10kg
Carbon is stores in many different parts in the environment like forests, soil, rock,
Consequences of climate chang
oceans, living things and atmosphere
More young b
Carbon flows from one store to another through processes like solution and respiration
Less fertile fem
Human activity can cause carbon to flow into the atmosphere EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURI
Tourism has grown rapidly in th
EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Iceland from Europe and USA
Tourists come to experience the
Historical accounts, like descriptions of cold weather in 1816 hiking, horse riding and camping
Scientific measurements, like ice cores Iceland’s glaciers are melting du
Snowfall from each winter is covered over and compressed by the People in rural areas of Iceland
following winter’s snowfall jobs, like tour guides, renting ap
Each layer of snow contains chemical evidence about temperature of If tourism collapses, there are fe
the climate sheep farming
Each layer also contains trapped gasses from the atmosphere that RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
the snow fell through
Layers turn into ice Key strategy is to come togethe
Over thousands of years those layers have built up and are now (enhanced greenhouse effect) is
thousands of meters thick problem now and into the futur
By drilling into the ice, scientists can extract older and older ice cores which are interlinked
Chemical analysis of these ice layers can reveal records of climate IPCC (International Panel for Clim
over the last 420 000 years Created in 1988
This evidence suggests how the Earth has gone through natural Came from meteorolog
glacial and interglacial periods and how CO2 concentration has gone programme
up and down as a part of the natural cycle Collected global data, a
2007- their views on im
Addressing climate change
EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURISM (MALAWI)
1997- Kyoto protocol- fi
Climate change causes problems to tourism in places where- chance of cyclones set targets to cut CO2 e
GLOSSARY GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Glacial- cold period of Earth’s history when ice sheets covering the poles increased in size Short wave solar radiation enter
As it enters the atmosphere it m
Inter-glacial- warmer period of Earth’s history when ice cover retreats
be reflected or scattered
Greenhouse effect- natural process that traps heat in the atmosphere Only small amount of solar radia
Solar energy heats earth’s surfa
Carbon sink- long term store of carbon into the atmosphere
Long wave radiation is easily ab
• During the quaternary period climate has changed constantly gasses in the atmosphere
• There have been glacial and inter- glacial periods These gasses re- radiate the hea
• Natural causes for climate change: lower atmosphere
• Natural wobble of the Earth as it moves around the sun. This affects
its tilt and how much solar energy Earth receives. Tilt of axis varies GREENHOUSE EFFECT HAS EXISTED FOR
between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees every 41 000 years WARM. IT IS ENHANCED GREENHOUSE E
• Earth has an eccentric orbit which means that sometimes Earth is DUE TO TOO MANY GREENHOUSE GASS
closer to the Sun, so it receives more solar energy and sometimes it is
further away- receiving less solar energy EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WILDL
• Some people argue that the increase in atmospheric temperature is part of a natural
cycle of inter glacial period Polar bears are vulnerable to cli
• Others point to the fact that increase in atmospheric temperature is now very fast and There has been a decline in pola
is getting bigger and starvation
• Human interference: Bears need sea to remain frozen
• Many scientists believe how enhanced greenhouse effect is due to once the ice melts and breaks it
human activity such as burning fossil fuels Canadian wildlife Service (CWS)
should
Carbon is one of the most common elements in the environment
For each week thaw comes earl
It is present in: all organic substances, simple substances, complex compounds
10kg
Carbon is stores in many different parts in the environment like forests, soil, rock,
Consequences of climate chang
oceans, living things and atmosphere
More young b
Carbon flows from one store to another through processes like solution and respiration
Less fertile fem
Human activity can cause carbon to flow into the atmosphere EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURI
Tourism has grown rapidly in th
EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Iceland from Europe and USA
Tourists come to experience the
Historical accounts, like descriptions of cold weather in 1816 hiking, horse riding and camping
Scientific measurements, like ice cores Iceland’s glaciers are melting du
Snowfall from each winter is covered over and compressed by the People in rural areas of Iceland
following winter’s snowfall jobs, like tour guides, renting ap
Each layer of snow contains chemical evidence about temperature of If tourism collapses, there are fe
the climate sheep farming
Each layer also contains trapped gasses from the atmosphere that RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
the snow fell through
Layers turn into ice Key strategy is to come togethe
Over thousands of years those layers have built up and are now (enhanced greenhouse effect) is
thousands of meters thick problem now and into the futur
By drilling into the ice, scientists can extract older and older ice cores which are interlinked
Chemical analysis of these ice layers can reveal records of climate IPCC (International Panel for Clim
over the last 420 000 years Created in 1988
This evidence suggests how the Earth has gone through natural Came from meteorolog
glacial and interglacial periods and how CO2 concentration has gone programme
up and down as a part of the natural cycle Collected global data, a
2007- their views on im
Addressing climate change
EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURISM (MALAWI)
1997- Kyoto protocol- fi
Climate change causes problems to tourism in places where- chance of cyclones set targets to cut CO2 e
