Cambridge AS & A Level Geography
2.3Global warming and climate change
Global warming and climate change in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
Candidates need an outline understanding of climate change over the last 100 million years.
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 2.3.1Evaluate the evidence for global warming and climate change: proxy records, temperature records since 1850, carbon dioxide, sea level, sea ice and glaciers.
- 2.3.2Explain the causes: greenhouse gases and their global warming potential, natural factors (solar output, volcanoes, ENSO) and human factors, and the significance of the enhanced greenhouse effect.
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Evidence for and causes of climate change
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