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Climate Change

Environmental Health

ClimateChangeImpact

PublicInvolvement

Potpourri

01/09/14

Global warming is accelerated by the reduction of global snow and

ice cover, or reduction in this effect.

01/09/14

What is the Albedo effect?

01/09/14

Global warming is accelerated by the reduction of global snow and

ice cover, or reduction in this effect.

01/09/14

What is the Albedo effect?

01/09/14

This planet’s poisonous atmosphere has been described as a product of a “run away greenhouse effect”

01/09/14

What is Venus?

01/09/14

In the twentieth century, the average global temperature over land and ocean areas

increased by 1.08 degrees of this temperature unit

01/09/14

What is Fahrenheit?

01/09/14

This country currently emits the most greenhouse gases.

01/09/14

What is the United States of America?

01/09/14

The decade is known as the “hottest decade”

since 1861 when scientists began to

keep reliable records of air temperatures

01/09/14

What is the 1990’s?

01/09/14

According to the WHO, the incidence of this arbovirus is expected to increase.

01/09/14

What is malaria?

01/09/14

Those most at risk of being harmed by thermal extremes include

socially isolated city dwellers, the elderly and this other group of people.

01/09/14

Who are the poor?

01/09/14

An increase in average world temperature is expected to change patterns of this seasonal illness

01/09/14

What is the flu?

01/09/14

According to the WHO, overall, climate change is projected to increase threats to human health,

particularly in lower income populations, predominantly within this zone of countries.

01/09/14

What are tropical/subtropical countries?

01/09/14

Its frequency will likely increase and may have health effects similar to

those seen in Europe in 2003 resulting in more elderly deaths.

01/09/14

What are heat waves?

01/09/14

Increases in world temperatures will likely lead to environmental increases in this triatomic molecule.

01/09/14

What is ozone?

01/09/14

It takes 100 years for this gas to disperse out

of the atmosphere.

01/09/14

What is CO2?

01/09/14

As seen in California in the past year, these may increase due to extreme climate and lead to the emission of more greenhouse gases.

01/09/14

What are wild fires?

01/09/14

Combustion engines, coal power plants, wild fires, oil extraction,

and agriculture are sources of these which trap heat an increase the earth’s temperature.

01/09/14

What are sources of greenhouse gases?

01/09/14

These are emitted directly from the process of concern and include carbon monoxide from combustion engines,

volcanic ash and particulate matter.

01/09/14

What are primary air pollutants?

01/09/14

This country recently hosted a conference that resulted in a

continuation of the Kyoto protocol

01/09/14

What is Bali?

01/09/14

This was signed by Governor Gregoire establishing a timeline

and goals for reducing greenhouse emissions in the state of Washington.

01/09/14

What is Washington Climate Change Challenge?

01/09/14

Emission trading has become a key concept in reducing greenhouse gases worldwide,

this concept was created in this industrialized country

01/09/14

What is the United States?

01/09/14

Driving less, buying products with less packaging,

and using compact fluorescent light bulbsreduces this on an individual basis.

01/09/14

What a carbon footprint?

01/09/14

This concert, produced by Al Gore, focused onbringing attention to climate change

It took place for 24 hours, on 7 continents

01/09/14

What is Live Earth?

01/09/14

CO2 and this molecule are the two largest

contributors to the greenhouse effect.

01/09/14

What is water vapor?

01/09/14

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement

under which industrialized countries

will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases

by this amount compared to 1990 emissions.

01/09/14

The daily double!

01/09/14

What is 5.2%?

01/09/14

It is well known that the U.S. has not

ratified the Kyoto Protocol,

this country in the southern hemisphere

did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

01/09/14

What is Australia?

01/09/14

They make sure that food and drinking water are safe, investigate environmental causes of disease,

treat and dispose of solid and toxic waste, and work on reducing air, food, and environmental pollution.

01/09/14

Who are Environmental Professionals?