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Impact
Public
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Potpourri
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Health

2.
Global warming is accelerated by
the reduction of global snow and
ice cover, or reduction in this effect.
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3.
What is the Albedo effect?
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4.
Global warming is accelerated by
the reduction of global snow and
ice cover, or reduction in this effect.
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5.
What is the Albedo effect?
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6.
This planet’s poisonous atmosphere has been
described as a product of a
“run away greenhouse effect”
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7.
What is Venus?
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8.
In the twentieth century, the average
global temperature over land and ocean areas
increased by 1.08 degrees of this temperature unit
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9.
What is Fahrenheit?
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10.
This country currently emits
the most greenhouse gases.
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11.
What is the United States of America?
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12.
The decade is known as the “hottest decade”
since 1861 when scientists began to
keep reliable records of air temperatures
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13.
What is the 1990’s?
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14.
According to the WHO, the incidence of
this arbovirus is expected to increase.
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15.
What is malaria?
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16.
Those most at risk of being harmed by
thermal extremes include
socially isolated city dwellers,
the elderly and this other group of people.
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17.
Who are the poor?
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18.
An increase in average world temperature is
expected to change patterns of this seasonal illness
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19.
What is the flu?
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20.
According to the WHO, overall, climate change is projected to
increase threats to human health,
particularly in lower income populations,
predominantly within this zone of countries.
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21.
What are tropical/subtropical countries?
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22.
Its frequency will likely increase and
may have health effects similar to
those seen in Europe in 2003 resulting in
more elderly deaths.
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23.
What are heat waves?
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24.
Increases in world temperatures will likely lead to
environmental increases in this triatomic molecule.
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25.
What is ozone?
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26.
It takes 100 years for
this gas to disperse out
of the atmosphere.
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27.
What is CO2?
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28.
As seen in California in the past year,
these may increase due to extreme climate and
lead to the emission of more greenhouse gases.
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29.
What are wild fires?
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30.
Combustion engines, coal power plants,
wild fires, oil extraction,
and agriculture are sources of these which
trap heat an increase the earth’s temperature.
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31.
What are sources of greenhouse gases?
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32.
These are emitted directly from the process of concern
and include carbon monoxide from combustion engines,
volcanic ash and particulate matter.
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33.
What are primary air pollutants?
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34.
This country recently hosted a
conference that resulted in a
continuation of the Kyoto protocol
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35.
What is Bali?
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36.
This was signed by Governor Gregoire
establishing a timeline
and goals for reducing greenhouse
emissions in the state of Washington.
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37.
What is Washington Climate Change Challenge?
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38.
Emission trading has become a key concept in
reducing greenhouse gases worldwide,
this concept was
created in this industrialized country
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39.
What is the United States?
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40.
Driving less, buying products
with less packaging,
and using compact fluorescent light bulbs
reduces this on an individual basis.
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41.
What a carbon footprint?
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42.
This concert, produced by Al Gore, focused on
bringing attention to climate change
It took place for 24 hours, on 7 continents
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43.
What is Live Earth?
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44.
CO2 and this molecule are the two largest
contributors to the greenhouse effect.
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45.
What is water vapor?
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46.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement
under which industrialized countries
will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases
by this amount compared to 1990 emissions.
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47.
The daily double!
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48.
What is 5.2%?
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49.
It is well known that the U.S. has not
ratified the Kyoto Protocol,
this country in the southern hemisphere
did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
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50.
What is Australia?
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51.
They make sure that food and drinking water are safe,
investigate environmental causes of disease,
treat and dispose of solid and toxic waste, and
work on reducing air, food, and environmental pollution.
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52.
Who are Environmental Professionals?
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