The Real Inconvenient Truth Is That - as.wvu.edu 463 handouts April 23 2017.pdf · The Real...
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The Real Inconvenient Truth Is That … Global Change is More Than Global Warming • Changing atmospheric chemistry • Changes in global nutrient cycles • Changing atmospheric composition • Climate change • Stratospheric ozone depletion • Land-use change • Loss of biodiversity
Transcript of The Real Inconvenient Truth Is That - as.wvu.edu 463 handouts April 23 2017.pdf · The Real...
The Real Inconvenient Truth Is That …
Global Change is More Than Global Warming
• Changing atmospheric chemistry• Changes in global nutrient cycles• Changing atmospheric composition• Climate change• Stratospheric ozone depletion• Land-use change• Loss of biodiversity
+ 43% +264% +21% Overall change
Concentration in 2017 400 1850 328 220
Mt. Pinatubo EruptsJune 15, 1991
Large amounts of S gases injected into stratosphere
S gases transported in the stratosphere
Poison ivy causes ~350,000 cases of contact dermatitis per year.
Mohan et al. 2006
The higher the ratio of [unsaturated:saturated] variants, the more allergenic urushiol is to humans