Notes on climate change

The Carbon Cycle

• photosynthesis
• respiration
• carbohydrates
• hydrocarbons
• fossil fuel deposits

Carbon and the Greenhouse Effect

• carbon compounds in the atmosphere trap heat.

Future Climate Change

Developing Climate Models

• general circulation models (GCMs)
• dynamics of earth's energy system
• positive and negative feedback effects

Global Warming

• climate vs. weather
• paleoclimatology

Global Warming and:

• Carbon Dioxide
• Carbon Monoxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Warming indications and the future.

Consequences of Climatic Warming

• Effects on the World Food Supply and the Biosphere
• Melting Glaciers and Ice Sheets
• Sea level rise

Global Cooling

• nuclear winter hypothesis