This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: To prevent the tipping point after which catastrophic environmental change will happen, what needs ... (Read 44 times)

audie

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 532
To prevent the tipping point after which catastrophic environmental change will happen, what needs to be done?
 
  A) Carbon dioxide emissions must be eliminated in the next two years.
  B) Global greenhouse gas levels must peak no higher than 450 ppm and start declining by 2015.
  C) All greenhouse gases need to immediately be reduced below their levels in 1990.
  D) Carbon dioxide emissions must not rise more than 800 ppm, double the levels in the atmosphere today.

Question 2

In general, the optimal population for harvesting
 
  A) the maximum sustainable yield is at about half of the carrying capacity of the population.
  B) the maximum sustainable yield is at about 90 of the carrying capacity of the population.
  C) a plant population is quite different from the optimal population for harvesting animals.
  D) any organism is independent of the carrying capacity of the environment.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

kjohnson

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 330
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A




audie

  • Member
  • Posts: 532
Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


mochi09

  • Member
  • Posts: 335
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

Did you know?

Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.

Did you know?

Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.

Did you know?

Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.

Did you know?

It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.

Did you know?

Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library