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This class was created by Brainscape user Kate Sparey. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Kate Sparey
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Decks in this class (15)

drivers of climate
Earths curvature differential att...,
Albedo,
Coriolis effect
4  cards
atmosphere
Contents of the atmosphere,
Troposphere,
Tropopause
12  cards
oceans
Ekman transport,
Geostrophic current,
Gyres
9  cards
weather vs climate
Weather vs climate,
Weather predictions,
Climate predictions
6  cards
decadal and quasi-periodic processes
North atlantic oscillation nao,
Atlantic multidecadal oscillation...,
Positive amo
10  cards
extreme climates
Formation of a hurricane,
Conditions required for formation...,
Tornado formation
7  cards
tectonics and climate
Supervolcanic events,
Rain shadow,
High plateaux areas
12  cards
Ice ages
Glacial interglacial periods,
Milankovitch cycles,
Eccentricity
12  cards
modelling future climate
Variables and scenarios that affe...,
Cmip6,
Rcp and ssp coupled scenarios
20  cards
history of and evidence for climate change
Past variations in carbon dioxide,
Rise in greenhouse gases before t...,
Dip in global temperature anomaly...
22  cards
impacts of climate change
Positive feedback mechanisms,
Decline in krill abundance due to...,
Range shifts extinction of low al...
6  cards
climate suprises
Thresholds and tipping points,
Examples of tipping points,
Linear but delayed response of fa...
6  cards
climate solutions
Mitigation,
Adaptation,
Rcps show the need to reduce emis...
26  cards
relationship between climate change and evolutionary biology
Biogeography study of patterns of...,
Phylogeography combines the relat...,
Biogeography in fossil records
5  cards
scientific papers
Climate impacts of noa and el nino,
Hadley cell is expanding northwards,
Models and data from 15 000 10 000
8  cards

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