4. HOW MUCH HAS THE AVERAGE GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE RISEN IN THE PAST 200+ YEARS?
A. 0.5ºC
B. 0.8ºC
C. 1.0ºC
D. 2.0ºC
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9. WHAT ARE THE MAIN SOURCES OF THE
GREENHOUSE GAS, CARBON DIOXIDE?
A. EXHAUST FROM CARS
B. COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS,
C. BURNING RAINFORESTS
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
13. WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST CARBON
FOOTPRINT?
A. CHINA
B. RUSSIA
C. USA
D. JAPAN
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15. WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST CARBON
FOOTPRINT PER CAPITA?
A. CHINA
B. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
C. USA
D. AUSTRALIA
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18. WHAT DOES IPCC STAND FOR?
BONUS POINTS IF YOU CAN TELL US –
WHEN THE LAST REPORT CAME OUT AND WHAT
NUMBER IT WAS.
Editor's Notes
Why pay scientists & institutionsto conduct studies and then ignore them. Analogy – 100 electricians come to the house – 96 say there is a problem (fix it now with new wiring, new switches/get rid of appliances – time/money/inconvenienced), 4 say let’s just wait and see what happens (you may lose your house). lack of respect for scientific knowledge, media is giving equal time to non-scientists.
Stations being added across the world, industrial revolution mid 1800s, 0.9 oC not a big deal? Water is frozen at 0oC and melts above 0oC – implications for ice covered mountains, the artic and Antarctic, glaciers, tundra regions (frozen ground).
Ppm – parts per million
350.Org is an international organisation
Now over 400ppm
¾ of the natural green house effect is caused by water vapour (bath analogy) / we don’t tend to call it a greenhouse gas. While clouds reflect light coming in from the sun, as a gas water vapour traps heat. Warmer planet, more water is evaporated, more water vapour and more heat is trapped. A cycle.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran– flare off natural gas as a waste product (no market for gas). Close call between US and China. Where is Australia?
2 answers – Australia and United Emirates / Dubai is one of seven countries that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a federation founded in 1971. The other six emirates are: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
Best carbon calculator (to date) – from World Wildlife Fund website.
2013 – 5th report, begun 1988 first established, under UN and World Met. Organ. 9200 studies (peer reviewed), 3000 authors and experts
Source of the film is NASA – indisputable expert advice.
