Chat with AIExam 20: Global Climate Change
The Kyoto Protocol:
I. has been signed and ratified by over 160 countries.
II. is an agreement to establish legally binding timetables to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases.
III. is an attempt to control global climate change by prohibiting all carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
IV. has been ratified by the U.S., resulting in voluntary reductions in industrial emissions.
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Gases that absorb infrared radiation include all of the following except:
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Identify three strategies that can be used to mitigate the effects of global climate change. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy.
(32) VerifiedOne strategy to mitigate the effects of global climate change is to develop widespread use of energy sources that are most based on the combustion of fossil fuels. These include solar energy and nuclear energy. The advantages of each alternative include freedom from dependence on fossil fuels and the resulting carbon dioxide emissions. Solar energy is currently expensive, and there are concerns about nuclear energy from many fronts. Energy conservation - regardless of whatever form of energy is used - is realistically the best suggestion.
Energy consumption is tied to the size of the human population as well as the level of consumption. Population control probably won't be an effective strategy to limit consumption because as sizes of families are reduced, affluence increases and so does energy consumption.
Another strategy is to levy a carbon tax against the users of fossil fuels based on the proportion of carbon dioxide emissions produced per unit of heat released when the fuel is burned. This is an example of an energy pricing strategy that could mitigate global climate change.
Distinguish between the terms "greenhouse effect" and "enhanced greenhouse effect". Include identification of four major greenhouse gases and their sources in your discussion.
(36) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected a global temperature increase by the year 2100 of:
(30) Identify four potential effects of global climate change. Briefly discuss the ramifications of each of the effects that you have identified.
(29) Which of the following effects on organisms is a result of climate warming?
(34) What is known thus far about the link between climate change and human disease?
(42) Which of the following are two ways to attempt to manage global climate change?
(33) Distinguish between the terms positive feedback and negative feedback. In developing climate models that might result from the enhanced greenhouse effect, what role does water vapor play in the arguments that climate change might result in (a) global warming or (b) global cooling?
(33) The group of air pollutants that tends to cool the atmosphere are known collectively as:
(29) Which of the following statements about climate change affecting agriculture is FALSE?
(34) All of the following are probable results of global climate change EXCEPT:
(37) Organisms that take CO2 out of the water and sequester it in the form of calcium carbonate are
(31) Which of the following is NOT a function of climate models?
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