Environmental changes

Environmental changes

Question # 1 2 CO

What changes in emissions are people creating?

http://www.sustainablescale.org/areasofconcern/ClimateChange/ClimateChangeandScale/ScaleProblem.aspx

CO2 and world GDP

Environmental conditions

http://www.na-businesspress.com/jabe/coxweb12-6.pdf

Income growth

Question # 2 What changes in temperature are happening?

http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html

http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/co2-and-rising-global-temperatures

Change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. 2016 ranks as warmest year.

https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/

The change in global temperature in the past 150 years is much greater than anything we saw in the past 11,000 years

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323628804578346140587268534

Temperature on earth the last 100,000 years

http://youtu.be/CqJL-cM8gb4 minute 5.

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D70F2CC7-5673-43AE-BA73-1F887801266C/0/20100202GST_4_Global_Strategic_Trends_Out_to_2040UDCDCStrat_Trends_4.pdf, p. 105.

Predicted temperature increases

Question # 3 What changes in water level are happening?

http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI

On a yearly basis, an estimated 500 million people are affected by flooding. Due to climate change, flooding events are increasing in frequency and severity.

http://www.swissre.com/rethinking/climate_and_natural_disaster_risk/floods_an_insurable_peril_yet_underinsured.html

In recent years, global disasters have demonstrated the dangers of relying on single suppliers, single factories, or single logistics operations.

Examples  Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud that swept across Northern Europe in 2010.  Japan’s nuclear disaster at Fukushima.  The floods in Thailand in 2011. https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/globalization_leadership_talent_five_things_every_ceo_must_do_next_era_globalization/

Question # 4 How is vegetation on earth?

Vegetation on earth

Sources http://www.universetoday.com/103072/herbal-earth-spectacular-vegetation-views-of-our-home-planet-and-the-natural-world-of-living-green-life/ http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetation

Question # 5 What changes in the earth’s crust are happening?

The largest earthquakes happen when 2 plates move towards each other. Typically when this happens, one plate starts sliding under the other.

The friction involved in this “subduction� will produce both earthquakes, such as the tsunami-generating one off Japan in 2011, and volcanoes, the fires of which are fed by the melting of the deep crust. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/04/economist-explains-26

There are 7 large plates made up from the earth’s crust:  The African plate.  The Antarctic plate.  The Eurasian plate.  The Indo-Australian plate.  The North American plate.  The Pacific plate.  The South American plate. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/04/economist-explains-26

Question # 6 What changes are happening to glaciers?

From 1902 to 2001, the Jakobshavn Glacier near Ilulissat, Greenland retreated 8 miles. From 2000 to 2010, the glacier has retreated more than that.

https://www.virgin.com/virgin-unite/leadership-and-advocacy/greenlands-getting-greener