1. Which are the greenhouse gases and their
sources?
2. During greenhouse warming will the tropic
or the polar regions be warmed more? How much?
3. How will precipitation change in
Former Soviet Union?
North America?
Africa, China, Brazil?
India?
4. Will storms be more or less likely?
5. What may happen to sea level? Why?
6. What is the purpose of trying to predict
the past?
7. What is evidence that some areas in the Sahara
were wetter in the past?
8. Why were summers warmer in the Northern
Hemisphere 10,000 years ago?
9. Notice the areas that were wetter 10,000
years ago. This is where cities first started.
10. Why will sea level rise with global
warming?
11. What happens to Long Island with sea
level rise?
12. What has Holland done to prevent flooding
by the sea?
13. What will happen to the Everglades with a
sea level rise of 1 foot? 2 to 3 feet? Where will the animals go?
14. In other areas of North America, how far
will climate belts shift?
15. Why may forests die with global warming?
16. What may happen to the plants and animals
in a given habitat?
17. What would be necessary to preserve
habitats?
18. What are the effects on agriculture of
global warming?
19. How is corn affected by warming? Why is
corn important as a grain?
20. Why are U.S. corn fields so productive?
Why might warmer Canadian fields not be so productive?
21. How is population growth complicating the
changes in agriculture?
22. What may happen to the amount of water
available from the Colorado River as a result of global warming?
23. Why is there a pecking order for the
Colorado River? Who is at the top? Why?
24. What are the two ways that clouds affect
climate?
25. Compare the effects of low thick clouds
with upper level thin clouds.
26. What is methane hydrate?
How might it affect the climate?
Is the affect positive or negative feedback
27. What is the relative population of North
America and Europe?
What proportion of greenhouse
gases do they produce?
28. What can we do with:
Cars
Houses
Taxes
CFC's
Trees
29. What is meant by nickel and diming?
30 What is the alternative to bold solutions?