Across
- 3. As the ocean level rises, coastal cities become more at risk of
- 14. increasing the rate of both drought and heavy precipitation events.
- 17. expected to decline by 70% or more by 2100
- 19. the fraction of light that a surface reflects
- 20. frozen seawater that floats on the ocean’s surface
- 21. any permanent layers of ice covering a tract of land, especially in the polar regions.
Down
- 1. snow storms
- 2. human caused climate change
- 4. removal of carbon dioxide and oxidation of methane
- 5. hemisphere is facing the sun, about half of incoming solar radiation passes through the atmosphere and warms the Earth.
- 6. have increased the range of many pest insects
- 7. the main type of proxies
- 8. may weaken or be stopped as cold water flows in from Greenland
- 9. When the earth is heating up
- 10. darker areas on the sun’s surface created by intense magnetic fields
- 11. occurs when coral polyps eject the symbiotic algae that live with them under stressful environmental conditions
- 12. involves adjusting our lives and society to the expected future climate
- 13. 4.6 billion to 540 million years ago
- 15. strategies are designed to reduce emissions and stabilize the levels of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere
- 16. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 17. the movement of water through evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration.
- 18. ended 10-20k years ago