other causes

• A medium term cause of climate change is _______ ________

  sunspot activity
• What are sunspots?

  Dark spots on the sun’s surface caused by magnetic storms
• A large amount of sunspots means….

  Higher temperatures
• How much does sunspot activity occur?

  Roughly every 11 years
• Short term causes of climate change are:

  Volcanic eruptions and Asteroids
• Give an example of when short/medium term causes of climate change affected the earth.

  Low sunspot activity coincided with the eruption of Mt Tambora, Indonesia, in 1815 (see other deck for more questions)
• What could happen if lots of ice caps melt?

  They could stop the gulf stream from working, therefore stopping the redistribution of heat and plunging the earth into a tundra climate