Global Warming El Niño and the Southern OscillationAtmospheric feedback mechanismsCarbon cycleUS energy useAtmospheric Carbon dioxide trendHydrocarbon CO2 emission trendWorldwide temperature variationNorthern Hemisphere surface temperature variationRice paddy fieldSea Ice Breakup at AntarcticaOcean carbonate bufferShoreline shift with sea level riseImplication of sea level riseWind PowerGeothermalGeothermalGeothermalGeothermalGeothermalTidal LagoonGrand Coulee DamBiomassEl Nino animationNormal equatorial flowVertical normal flowENSO disruption of flowVertical ENSO flowNormal vs. enso pressuresGlobal WarmingEl Niño and the Southern OscillationEarth Science: Ch 20, p. 573-581STM: Ch 25, p. 545-568Atmospheric feedback mechanismsCarbon cycleUS energy useAtmospheric Carbon dioxide trendHydrocarbon CO2emission trendWorldwide temperature variationNorthern Hemisphere surface temperature variationRice paddy fieldSea Ice Breakup at AntarcticaOcean carbonate bufferShoreline shift with sea level riseImplication of sea level rise• Building for passive Sun heating• Photovoltaic and Water heating also incorporated• Note operable skylight for cooling• http://www.earthship.com/staticpages/index.php?page=sale&osCsid=e2e983564ec7a5b9921a71236bed60c8WindPower• http://www.bergey.com/Geothermalhttp://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/sld012.htmGeothermalhttp://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/sld045.htmGeothermalBrady Hot Springs, northern Nevada, dries onions for Burger Kinghttp://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/sld087.htmGeothermalReykjavik in the 1930shttp://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/sld094.htmGeothermalReykjavik todayhttp://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/sld095.htmTidal Lagoon• http://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0721/042chart.htmlhttp://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0721/042chart.htmlGrand Coulee Dam• Hydroelectric power• North America’s largest concrete structure• Located on the Columbia River in Central WashingtonBiomass• Direct burning of plant material• Oil harvested from seeds• Plant material converted to – Alcohol: methanol and ethanol– Converted to methaneEl Nino animationNormal equatorial flowVertical normal flowENSO disruption of flowVertical ENSO flowNormal vs. enso
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