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Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation Current Weather Climate Change Impacts Adaptation Options Mitigation Strategies Course Evaluations For Wednesday: Exam 4! Final Exam on December 11! You can review your old exams from 12 – 4 pm on December 4! (Location TBA)
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Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation
Current WeatherClimate Change ImpactsAdaptation OptionsMitigation StrategiesCourse EvaluationsFor Wednesday: Exam 4!Final Exam on December 11! You can review your old exams from 12 – 4 pm on December 4! (Location TBA)
Effects on EcosystemsCarbon Fertilization: Depends on whether they are C3 or C4 plants.
Corn is at a disadvantage compared to C3 weeds in a world with higher CO2 because C4 plants do not photosynthesize as well!
Changes of Speciation within ForestsFate of the spruce-fir ecosystem in S. Apps?
Rising Biosphere in MountainsMarine EcosystemsCoral Reefs
Changes of Speciation within Forests
Human ImpactsFloods, droughts, and climate extremes likely to increaseGlobal conflicts may be exacerbated?
Arctic claims in response to decreasing summer sea ice?Environmental refugees
Food shortages and higher food prices?
Adapting to Climate ChangeSea Level Rise: Approximately 10% of worlds population is found within Low Elevation Coastal Zones (LECZs)
60% of population of the Netherlands lives within LECZsSignificant problem facing society!
Water Management: How to ensure adequate and clean water when quantity and dependability of existing supplies is decreasing?
Glacier retreat in tropical Andes!
LECZs in Eastern U.S.
Mitigation StrategiesKyoto Protocol
CO2 emissions 5% below 1990Ratified by 182 countries, bi-partisan rejection in U.S.
Energy Conservation and other “Soft” MeasuresAlternative Energy Sources
Wind, nuclear, solar, tidal, biomass-based fuels
Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS)Also known as carbon sequestration and involves burying carbon in ground
Geoengineering of Global Climate
Course EvaluationsCourse #: 1011Section #: 101Instructor #: 012Please code information carefully with a No. 2 pencil!For each question, blacken the appropriate circle (one per question).Written comments on back are particularly helpful.
Thank you for a great semester! Thank you as well for your honest and constructive feedback of the lecture portion of GHY 1011. Your evaluations help us to improve course content and teaching, especially for this course.
