Sustainability Issues (AQA A-Level Geography): Flashcards
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3 stages of energy environmental impacts
3 stages of energy environmental impacts
Exploitation/production, transportation/trade, consumption
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing)
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing)
Extracting oil/gas from shale rock formations
Acid rain definition
Acid rain definition
Precipitation made acidic by air pollutants
Main pollutants forming acid rain
Main pollutants forming acid rain
Sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxide (NOₓ)
Device reducing NOₓ emissions in cars
Device reducing NOₓ emissions in cars
Catalytic converters
Enhanced greenhouse effect cause
Enhanced greenhouse effect cause
Increased greenhouse gases trap more heat in atmosphere
CO₂ levels vs pre-Industrial Revolution
CO₂ levels vs pre-Industrial Revolution
40% higher
Predicted global temp rise next century
Predicted global temp rise next century
1-2°C on average
Nuclear waste radioactivity duration
Nuclear waste radioactivity duration
Thousands of years (very long half-life)
GDF burial depth for high-level nuclear waste
GDF burial depth for high-level nuclear waste
200-1,000m deep in geologically stable rock