EAES 101: Global Environmental Change Spring 2018 Possible Short Answer Question

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EAES 101: Global Environmental Change Spring 2018 Possible Short Answer Question 4: (20 points total) Reflect on anthropogenic climate change. A) Identify two changes in the Earth System that are evidence for contemporary anthropogenic climate change. For each change that provides a piece of evidence, discuss what it looks like and why that change is expected in light of anthropogenic climate change. (6 points) B) For each of the Earth System changes that you choose in A), identify an associated adverse consequence. For each adverse consequence, briefly discuss what it entails. (4 points)

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Anthropogenic Climate Change is any change to measure climate which can last for an extended period of time because of unsustainable human activities. Leading contributor to anthropogenic climate change is the increase in green house gases emissions which results in rapid and colossal industrialism of modern society it happens because of burning fossil fuels and the changing in land cover. From 1990-2012, climate increased by 32% due to the increased in GHG perpetuating a heightened Greenhouse Effect. Evidence of Climate Change are

•Glacier and Ice Sheet Retraction

•Rising Sea Levels

•land degradation

•Desertification

•Coral Reef Degradation

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