1. When did the Kyoto Protocol occur, and what did it hope to accomplish? What was the result of the negotiations? If any countries did not concede, please name them and explain what prompted them to do so.
2. Explain the El Niño pattern. What happens to the wind and ocean patterns? How do these changes impact North America? What does ENSO stand for, and why do they say that it has, "far reaching effects?"
3. What has been the biggest success story in international pollution control? Why hasn't Kyoto been as successful?
4. What are temperature inversions and where do they occur?
5. How does the atmospheres ability to compact affect pollution?
6. Where is most of the atmosphere located?
7. How are scientists on mauna loa able to detect pollution and trace it to china?
8. Explain how greenhouse effect works, and how to solve this problem.
9. What is "latent heat"? Give an example for this.
10. Why are photochemical pollutants especially bad in the city?
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