1. What is the projected amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere in 2014? (X)
2. With the Copenhagen Accord, countries are allowed to set their own targets in regards to a response to planetary warming. Because of this, failure to achieve these targets would be considered a sign of what? (XV)
3. According to Flannery, is it possible for planetary processes to remove greenhouse gases from the air at a scale, rate, permanence and cost that would make a difference to the future of global climate? (XVIII)
4. To deny the link between extreme weather and climate change permits people to believe that climate change is an issue for whom to worry about? (6)
5. According to Flannery, the number of hot days (above 35 degrees Celsius) across Australia per year has ____________ in the last 50 years. (11)
6. Another issue with an increase of forest fires is that as the season lengthens, the opportunities to control the fires through hazard-reduction burning are decreasing. How does this affect communities? (15)
7. A more recent research paper points out that human carbon pollution is directly influencing what kind of events? (23)
8. By 2005 it was evident that the number of hurricanes in the North Atlantic was what? (27)
9. The link between winds and warming occurs through a phenomenon known as what? (34)
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