Rogue Wave

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Today 5/02

• Rogue Wave!
• Global Warming

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Last Time

• Two types of radiation EM and radioactive decay
• Global warming glossary insolation, albedo,
  greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, positive and
  negative feedback

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• http//www.bp.com

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Rogue Wave Mechanisms

• Constructive interference two or more waves
  traveling at different speeds pile up on each
  other
• Wave focused by interaction with the seafloor
• Interaction between wave and current

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Video Questions

• Climatologists tell us that the temperature of
  the Earth has risen 1 F over the last century.
  This is a global average. In some places the
  change has been much more extreme. Where has the
  temperature changed the most and by how much?

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Video Questions

• List 5 ways rising temperatures are adversely
  affecting the porcupine caribou herd
• What is the largest mass migration on Earth?
• Give two reasons why life in a tide pool is so
  difficult and explain how one of these reasons
  makes tide pool creatures extremely vulnerable to
  rising temperatures