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1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The greenhouse effect in action. FIGURE 2-2: The carbon cycle. FIGURE 2-3: The relationship between carbon dioxide and the oceans. FIGURE 2-4: The process of photosynthesis. FIGURE 2-5: How trees and soil work side-by-side with carbon dioxide. FIGURE 2-6: Water evaporates and lingers in the atmosphere.

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Clouds reflect light during the day and hold in surface heat overni...FIGURE 3-2: Drilling for an ice core sample. FIGURE 3-3: GHG levels and temperature fluctuations over the past 420,000 years...FIGURE 3-4: Effects from climate change will intensify as temperatures rise.

3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: How fossil fuel is created.

4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Burning carbon, in the form of coal, to create electricity. FIGURE 5-2: Where an inadequately insulated building loses heating and cooling....

5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Passenger cars lead the way in terms of GHG emissions. FIGURE 6-2: Where you use energy in your home.

6 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Projected sea level rise. FIGURE 7-2: Mountain glaciers provide freshwater. FIGURE 7-3: World ocean currents. FIGURE 7-4: Simplified flow patterns of the Gulf Stream. FIGURE 7-5: White ice reflects heat, but dark water absorbs it. FIGURE 7-6: Positive feedback loops that global warming might cause.

7 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Phytoplankton are the critical food source in the entire ocean food...FIGURE 8-2: How climate change could continue to affect ecosystems.

8 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: Comparing NDCs versus performance 1990–2019.

9 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: The 46 least developed nations in the world, according to the UN.

10 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: A co-generation system takes wasted heat from a normal system and ...FIGURE 13-2: How carbon capture and storage happens in theory. FIGURE 13-3: Solar thermal energy in action.

11 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: Carbon budget science — politics and business.