Assignment Questions
1) Below is a list of some ways that we can slow climate change. Which three of these solutions do you think would be the most effective? Why? Which three do you think would be the least effective? Why?
2) Below is a chart showing global sea level rise from 1880 to 2016
Source: USEPA, https://edap.epa.gov/public/extensions/CCIDataViewer/CCIDataViewer.html)
a) Calculate the percentage of sea level increase over this time period.
b) What are the major causes of global sea level rise?
3) Below is a chart showing the change in latitude and depth for marine species from 1973 to 2019. Note that in the first graph above 0 is north and below 0 is south. In the second graph, 0 Is sea level and below 0 is depth below sea level.
a) What is the multiregional trend of latitude and depth (orange line) of marine species in this time frame? What are some factors that might cause this trend?
b) Species along the northeast coast of the US (blue line) experience more variability and a larger trend than species in the Eastern Bering Sea (green line). Why do you think this is the case?
