Question 1
Climate change is likely to have all of the following consequences EXCEPT
◦ melting of polar ice caps
◦ increase in global cloud cover
◦ sea-level rise and coastal inundation
◦ more extreme weather events
◦ worsening droughts
Question 2
Climate is most accurately defined as
◦ local area's with extreme temperature variability over extended periods of time
◦ the long-term average from daily weather measurements at a given location
◦ atmospheric conditions responsible for the formation of regions such as deserts
◦ the short-term, day-to-day expression of atmospheric processes
◦ monthly average precipitation and temperature
Climate-Feedback Mechanisms
Climate—The “Dry World”
Climate
Climate models
Changing Patterns of Climate
World Climate Zones