What happened during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum? What will be an ideal response?
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was an abrupt warming trend. Large-scale
oceanic circulation was disrupted so that heat transfer from equatorial regions to the poles
diminished or ceased. As a result, ocean waters became warmer, resulting in the extinction of
many deep-water benthonic foraminifera.
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Which of the following best indicates that a severe thunderstorm is about to produce a tornado?
A. a mammatus cloud B. a gust front C. a roll cloud D. a wall cloud
What events caused so much damage along the north coast of Venezuela in 1999?
A) A landslide shook loose a large piece of the mountains that caused the water in the reservoir to flood local towns. B) Torrential rains caused debris flows and flash floods that raced through cities. C) The slow movement of slopes downhill broke apart houses but did not kill any people. D) Overgrazing caused a loss of grass cover and resulted in severe soil erosion.
________ are small, extraterrestrial particles that glow brightly and burn up as they travel through Earth's atmosphere
A) Meteoroids B) Mesocoronas C) Asteroids D) Microcomets
Describe two ways our lives could be socially reconstituted to provide solutions to some environmental concerns/problems.
What will be an ideal response?