Stats: 1. The Atmosphere to spec

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
CO2 relative effects	1	0%
NOx mean residence	114	0%
CH4 mean residence	12	0%
NOx relative effects	160	0%
Kivalina sea wall $	16 million	0%
Sweden acid rain years	1980s-1990s	0%
Millenium drought years	1996-2009	0%
TO relative effects	2000	0%
CH4 relative effects	25	0%
Arctic temperature rise since 1970s	2.5	0%
CFCs relative effects	25000	0%
Rice yields fell to...	2% of pre-drought levels	0%
China emissions + year	32%, 2021	0%
Kivalina relocation cost $	400 million	0%
Arctic sea ice declined +year	40% 1978	0%
Antarctic + Greenland cores	40 cores	0%
CFCs mean residence	45	0%
Solomon Island sea levels	5 reef islands lost	0%
UK % of Sweden's acid rain	75-90	0%
Greenland could raise sea levels	7m	0%
Sheep fell by... + year	7 million 2002-2003	0%
Antarctic + Greenland core age	800000 years	0%
Bangladesh sea levels	80% population exposed to flood risk	0%
Ice core data	Air bubbles	0%
Cryospheric effects	Albedo	0%
Enhanced greenhouse effect	Anthropogenic sources of GHGs increase speed and intensity	0%
Ocean sensors	Argo floats	0%
Climate change controls	Carbon Capture Storage	0%
Indonesian peat fire exceeded... +year	Carbon emissions of the UK 2015	0%
Climate change controls	Carbon sequestration	0%
Roles of UV and IR	Chemical processes	0%
Positive feedback loop	Cirrus clouds	0%
Effects of climate change	Climate	0%
Climate change adaptations	Coastal management	0%
Proxy data	Coral growth rings	0%
Tipping point	Critical threshold where change becomes irreversible	0%
Effects of climate change	Cryosphere	0%
Proxy data	Dendrochronology	0%
Ecological impacts	Distribution	0%
Caterpillar changes caused...	Earlier European Great Tit egg laying season	0%
Effects of climate change	Ecological	0%
Define solar radiation	Electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun	0%
Oceanic effects	El Niño patterns	0%
Roles of UV and IR	Emissions	0%
700-10,000km atmosphere	Exosphere	0%
Mesosphere heating	Fewer particles to absorb UV	0%
Climate change adaptations	Flood management	0%
Positive feedback loop	Forest and peat fires	0%
Ecological impacts	Fragmentation	0%
Climate change controls	Geoengineering	0%
Satellite + height	Geostationary 36000km	0%
Climate change controls	GHG controls	0%
Troposphere heating	GHGs absorb emitted longlength infrared	0%
Cryospheric effects	Glacier movement	0%
Location and year of cold patch	Gulf stream, 2014	0%
Kivalina evacuation +year	Half in 2007 due to storm surges	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Historic data	0%
Effects of climate change	Humans	0%
Proxy data	Ice cores	0%
Oceanic effects	Ice melting	0%
_______ _______ correlates with cirrus clouds above ___ in ____	Increased emissions, SLC, 1965	0%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Industry	0%
Ecological indicators	Insects	0%
Roles of UV and IR	Insolation	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Interconnected natural systems	0%
Computer models: Allow __________ and __________ to be estimated with _______ _______, _______ by past and predicted _______	Interconnections, consequences, interlinking equations, calibrated, outcomes	0%
Alaska case study location	Kivalina	0%
Satellite + height	Low Earth Orbit 800km	0%
Negative feedback loop	Low level clouds	0%
Climate change adaptations	Managed retreat	0%
Positive feedback loop	Melting ice	0%
Positive feedback loop	Melting methane hydrate	0%
Positive feedback loop	Melting permafrost	0%
50-80km atmosphere	Mesosphere	0%
Methane hydrate formation (13 words)	Methane gas from dead organic matter freezes at high pressures and low temperatures	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Natural fluctuations	0%
Arctic shipping route	North West Passage	0%
Effects of climate change	Oceans	0%
Geoengineering example	Orbitting solar shades	0%
Stratosphere heating	Ozone absorbs incoming solar radiation	0%
Example strategy +year	Paris Agreement, 2015	0%
Negative feedback loop	Photosynthesis	0%
Ice core data	Pollen	0%
Proxy data	Pollen analysis carbon data	0%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Pollution	0%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Population	0%
Climatic effects	Precipitation	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Proxy data	0%
North Atlantic Conveyor process	PWD friction and NE downwelling moves warm water from the tropical Atlantic to NW Europe	0%
Largest per capita emissions 2023	Qatar	0%
Ice core data	Radioisotopes	0%
Rossby wave causes	Reduced temperature differences between polar and ferrel cells	0%
Cryospheric effects	Sea ice thickness and area	0%
Oceanic effects	Sea level rise	0%
Mosquito changes	Shortened dormancy period	0%
Cryospheric effects	Snow cover	0%
Positive feedback loop	Soil decomposition	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Spatial scales	0%
15-50km atmosphere	Stratosphere	0%
Ecological impacts	Survival and adaptations	0%
Oceanic effects	Thermal expansion	0%
Roles of UV and IR	Thermal stratification	0%
Oceanic effects	Thermohaline circulation	0%
80-700km atmosphere	Thermosphere	0%
Marshall Island sea levels	Third population migration	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Time delay between cause and effect	0%
Monitoring/Predicting difficulties	Time scales	0%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Trade winds	0%
0-15km atmosphere	Troposphere	0%
Example strategy	UN Sustainable Development Goals	0%
Climate change adaptations	Urban drainage	0%
CO2 mean residence	Variable	0%
Natural greenhouse effect	Visible light is re-emitted as longlength infrared, warming the troposphere	0%
TO mean residence	Weeks - months	0%
Geoengineering example	White roofs	0%
Climatic effects	Winds	0%

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