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Global energy budget
Energy,
Potential energy,
Kinetic energy
14
cards
Energy + Atmosphere
Atmosphre,
Scattering,
Reflection
9
cards
Environmental Systems
System,
Closed system,
Isolated system
9
cards
System Feedbacks
Positive feedback system examples,
Coupling signs,
Negative feedback loop
5
cards
Global Energy Movement
Energy surpluses and deficits why,
Pressure driven air movement,
Air pressure
20
cards
Energy, Climate, Weather
Specific heat capacity,
Weather vs climate,
Climate forcings
13
cards
Global Hydrological Cycle
Global hydrological cycle types o...,
Linkages,
Evaporation condensation precipit...
12
cards
Inorganic Carbon Cycle
Exothermic,
Importance of carbon,
The carbon cycle
10
cards
Organic Carbon Cycle
Photosynthesis,
Cellular respiration,
Decomposition
9
cards
Greenhouse Gases
How ghgs absorb and radiate heat,
Global warming potential gwp,
Chemoautotrophs
7
cards
Climate's Distant Past
Trends rythms,
Hot house earth,
Climate forcings feedbacks tippin...
12
cards
Ecosystems + Carbon Cycling
Population,
Fundamental properties of an ecos...,
Redfield ratio
8
cards
Energy Flow
Why are food chains only 3 4 trop...,
Energy balance equation,
Amount of energy reaching each tr...
13
cards
Recent Climates
Proxy ice cores,
Precipitation measurement from ic...,
Pollen data
12
cards
Freshwater Resources - C
Renewable water,
Non renewable water,
Temporaal availability
13
cards
Global Water Poverty - C
Water scarcity index,
Water poverty index,
Main strategies to alleviate wate...
11
cards
Stressors on Freshwater Ecosystems - T
Animal species richness,
Extinction rate,
Background extinction rate of fre...
15
cards
Biodiversity 1 and 2 - T
The biosphere,
Functional definition of life,
Minimum criteria for defining life
15
cards
Modelling Climate Change - C
Predictive models,
General circulation model,
Scale of gcms
16
cards
Impacts of Climate Change and Carbon Emissions - T
How will climate change impact bi...,
Phenology examples,
Climate change and distribution o...
8
cards
Overharversting - T
Climate change hypothesis for ext...,
Overkill hypothesis evidence,
Evidence against overkill hypothesis
10
cards
Land Transformation - C
Land use change,
Deforestation and carbon cycle,
Deforestation and hydrological cycle
15
cards
Plastic Pollution - T
Rafting of marine species on ocea...,
What are microplastics,
St lawrence study summary
4
cards
Biological Invasions - (maybe watch recording)
Non native species definition,
Biological invasion,
Processes of a biological invasion
13
cards
Ecology of disease emergence - T
Epidemiological triad,
Zoonotics,
Zoonotic spillover
7
cards
Synergies
Extinction vortex,
Characteristics of synergies,
Synergy
6
cards
Mitigation to Climate Change - C
Mitigation and adapation,
Climate stabilization wedges,
Four categories of wedges
9
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Adaptation to climate change
Assisted migration,
Sky islands,
Natural migration
7
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