Climate Change

Essential Questions:

What is the cause of climate change?

What action can we take to stop it?

Vocabulary:

global change, global climate change, global warming

Greenhouse effect

greenhouse gasses,

Positive and negative feedback loops

Wetland peat, permafrost, methane hydrates,

Historical data and past causes of climate change

Vostok ice core, Milankovitch cycles

Combating Climate Change

Carbon capture and sequestration, Kyoto Protocol, carbon taxes, cap and trade, IPCC, Kigali ammendment