GlobalClimateChange Global Climate Change Todaysquestions: T d ti I.Howarehumanschangingthecarboncycle? I H h h i h b l ? II.Whataresomeoftheconsequencesofglobal warming? i ? III.Whatcanwedotomitigateclimatechange?

I.

Howarehumanschangingthecarboncycle?

A.Whatisthecarboncycleinterrestrialecosystems? A Wh t i th b l i t ti l t ? CO2 inatmosphere p Primaryproducers Primary producers Consumerfoodweb Consumer food web Decomposerfoodweb D f d b Humus(SOM),peat,coal Whatarethekeycarbonsinksonland? y

B.Whatisthecarboncycleinmarineecosystems? B. What is the carbon cycle in marine ecosystems? CO2 inatmosphere Primaryproducers Consumerfoodweb Decomposerfoodweb p DOM,organicsinbenthos, limestone,shale,petroleum Whatarethekeycarbonsinksintheoceans? What are the key carbon sinks in the oceans?

C.Humanimpactsonthecarboncycle

Onaverage,abouthow On average, about how muchdidaverageglobal temperatureincrease overthepast100years, th t 100 inoC?

Onaverage,abouthow muchhasaverage hh globalsealevel increasedoverthepast 150years,inmeters?

Climatechangeprojectionsto2100(IPCC2007report)

Interpretthefollowingfigures:

Weatherrelated disasters per year

Interpretthefollowingfigures:

#housesdama aged /mil llionpeople e/yr

Economic costs of great natural disasters (US$billion); global