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environmental systems
What is a system,
What are the types of systems,
What are the two things that pote...
12
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system dynamics: feedbacks in global systems
What does positive coupling linka...,
What does negative coupling linka...,
What is albedo
9
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global energy budget
What happens when an object gains...,
What is electromagnetic radiation,
What is wien s law
10
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circulation of the atmosphere and surface oceans
What is the pressure gradient force,
What is the coriolis effect,
What happens when air goes up
5
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circulation of deep oceans
What drives deep ocean circulation,
Is salty water more or less dense...,
Is warmer water more or less dense
10
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temperature and precipitation patterns
What defines the climate,
What gives rise to seasonality in...,
What are the thermal properties o...
9
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global hydrological cycle
What is a blue and green water
1
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nutrient cycling
What are autotrophic organisms,
What is the nitrogen cycle,
What is the haber bosch process
6
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energy flow
What can productivity mean,
Why are food chains usually prett...,
Where does the energy that is not...
18
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carbon cycle
What are the linkages in the inor...,
What are the reservoirs in the in...,
What is volcanism
22
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greenhouse gases
Why do some molecules interfere w...,
What are chemoautotrophs,
What are the two metrics to compa...
9
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climates of the distant past
What is a climate trend,
What is a climate rhythm,
What is an ice age
14
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climates of recent past
How do the concentrations of o18 ...,
What are some sources of informat...,
How did we get out of the last ic...
3
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earth system modeling
How do we build a forecasting tool,
What are the factors that influen...
2
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terrestrial biomes
What is a biome,
What are terrestrial biomes influ...,
What are the favorable conditions...
14
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marine biomes
What influences primary productiv...,
What is productivity like in the ...,
What are the different zones of t...
19
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appropriation of fresh water
What does water availability depe...,
What makes water renewable,
Difference between available wate...
4
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global water poverty
What is the water scarcity index,
What is the equation for renewabl...,
What is the water poverty index
11
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IPCC scenarios
What are the three responses to e...,
What are the drivers of ipcc scen...,
What are the 5 dominant ipcc scen...
3
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impacts of anthropocentric climate change on ecosystems
What is phenotypic plasticity,
What happens to fish when water b...,
What is the gill oxygen limitatio...
19
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dimensions of human response to environmental challenges
What is the kaya identity,
What is solar radiation management
2
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overharvesting as global change
What is a genetic bottleneck,
What is the quartenary extinction...,
What were the ecological impacts ...
6
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land transformation global change
What are three common changes to ...,
At what stage does a tree sequest...,
What are the outcomes of deforest...
10
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ecosystem services
What is the millennium ecosystem ...,
What are provisioning services,
What are regulating services
8
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pollution
What is a contaminant and what is...,
What is a primary pollutant,
What is a secondary pollutant
13
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biological invasions
What is a non native species,
What is biological invasion,
What is the process of biological...
7
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ecology of human infectious disease
What are the types of agents in h...,
What is the epidemiological triad,
What are zoonoses
7
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environmental synergies
Why do small populations go extin...,
What is the additive model,
What is an antagonistic non addit...
7
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technological responses to climate change
What is a wedge
1
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response of institutions to environmental issues
What is the ozone depletion story
1
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