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- 2. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SCIENTISTS BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL? A. 40% B. 66% C. 90% D. 96%
- 3. ANSWER – D. 96%
- 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
- 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.
- 10. ANSWER – D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
- 11. WHICH GAS CONTRIBUTES THE MOST TO THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT? A. METHANE B. CARBON DIOXIDE C. NITROUS OXIDE D. WATER VAPOUR
- 12. ANSWER – D WATER VAPOUR
- 13. WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST CARBON FOOTPRINT? A. CHINA B. RUSSIA C. USA D. JAPAN
- 15. WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST CARBON FOOTPRINT PER CAPITA? A. CHINA B. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES C. USA D. AUSTRALIA
- 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.