What are three mitigation steps that could be taken to stabilize the greenhouse gas content of the atmosphere?

What will be an ideal response?


Three mitigation steps include reducing or stopping the burning of fossil fuels at the source, stopping deforestation (natural carbon sinks), and stopping the of burning forests.

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What would you expect to be the prevailing winter wind directions for the following locations?

a) Auckland, New Zealand, Lat: 36 degrees 55 minutes S b) Brasília, Brazil, Lat: 15 degrees 47 minutes S c) Cape Town, South Africa, Lat: 33 degrees 56 minutes S d) Des Moines, Iowa, Lat: 40 degrees 55 minutes N e) Kabul, Afghanistan, Lat: 34 degrees 31 minutes N f) Lagos, Nigeria, Lat: 06 degrees 27 minutes N g) Paris, France, Lat: 48 degrees 52 minutes N

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Which of the following are associated with orographic uplift?

A) Central Valley B) Sierra Nevada C) Willamette Valley D) Puget Sound

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When considering the world population as a whole, birth rates and death rates enable one to calculate ________

A) the causes of infant mortality in a population B) the proportions of fertile women in a population C) the relative rates of immigration and emigration D) the increase or decrease in the population E) the causes of death in a population

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The total amount of CO2 that photosynthetic organisms convert to organic carbon each year is called ________

A) NEP B) organic carbon assimilation C) NPP D) GPP E) carbohydrate synthesis

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