Chapter 5:
1.) Since the beginning of what point in history, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, has the concentration of atmospheric CO2 been rising? (55)2.) Were the earth to become completely ice-free again, how much are sea levels projected to rise? (56)
3.) In Flannery's the weather makers, he discusses three "joker cards in the climate deck" that might propel the world into abrupt, catastrophic and irreversible climate change. What are they? (57)
4.) The Gulf Stream is a surface component of a larger system of ocean currents, known as what? (58)
5.) What are clathrates and where can they be found? (61)
Chapter 6:
6.) Of the world's 193 individual nations, how many are responsible for less than 2 percent of global emissions? (70)
7.) According to Flannery, if there was ever a defining moment in the political history of climate change, it would be what? (72)
8.) Who does Flannery say are more powerful than ever, and that through social media, they are able to organize themselves efficiently to express their displeasure. (75)
Chapter 7:
9.) Of the the three main fossil fuels, what is considered to be the most carbon-intense fuel? (78)
10.) What country is probably the market where the coal industry's hope for a profitable future rides highest? (79)
11.) What has led to the decrease in volume of electricity traded in Australia's electricity market every year for the last five years? (81)
12.) Despite all the set backs faced by coal miners, a recent assessment indicates that the world's remaining viable coalmines continue to have what? (86)
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