Race to Save the Planet -- Green House Effect

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?