An Inconvenient Truth

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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

1. According to Al Gore, what is the definition of global warming?

2. Why does the CO2 curve go up and down?

3. Why does CO2 concentration matter?

4. What happens to storms as climates get warmer?

5. How can global warming cause both droughts and floods?

6. What is the gulf stream? What caused it to stop? Could it stop again? Why or why not?

7. How does global warming affect the presence/ location of mosquitoes?

8. What can humans do to change CO2 levels and global warming, if it is occurring?

9. Why is the loss of glaciers important?

10. What information do we get from studying glaciers?

11. Why Did Ravelle and Keating choose the middle of the Pacific Ocean for their measurements? Does this make sense to you?

12 Name one of the warm cycles that has occurred in the last 1000 years.

13 How far back does the CO2 record go in Antarctica?

14 How many people died in the heat wave in Europe in 2003?

15 Who warned the Europeans that the”era of procrastination, of half measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place, we are entering a period of consequences”?

16. Comment on the above quotation. What does it mean to you? Do you agree? Do you think it is just meant to scare?

17. 35 years ago you could drive on the arctic perm frost each year. How many days can you do it now?

18. What is the ‘alarm bell” for global warming?

19. How much would sea level rise if West Antarctica melted?

20. What are three factors causing the collision between civilization and the Earth?

21. How does global warming occur and what roles do humans play in it?

22. How did Hurricane Katrina change from Florida to New Orleans and why did this occur?

23 What is the international event that the US attended but did not support?

Why did the US not support...