Climate Change Science
What climate change science means
Understand the greenhouse effect, causes of climate change and mitigation strategies.
Worked example
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Which gas is the largest human-caused contributor to global warming?
- Oxygen
- Carbon dioxide
- Nitrogen
- Argon
Working: CO2 from burning fossil fuels and deforestation is the dominant human-made greenhouse gas.
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Related skills
Other Climate Change & Conservation skills in Environmental Science, at the same point in the course.
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Practise climate change science
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