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For this feedback loop scenario, fill in the completion of t…

For this feedback loop scenario, fill in the completion of the loop and the type of feedback loop as you did in class examples. Background: Land desertification is a process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically because of hotter and drier conditions. This results in greater amounts of windblown dust entering the atmosphere, which reflects sunlight back into space rather than it reaching the Earth’s surface. Beginning of Loop: Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations results in longer periods of drought and extreme heat. Completion of loop: Type of feedback loop:  

Background: As global temperatures rise, melting occurs on t…

Background: As global temperatures rise, melting occurs on the surface of polar glaciers. This meltwater trickles down through cracks in the glacier, reaching its base. At the glacier’s base, the water acts as a lubricant between the ice and the bedrock, allowing the glacier to slide. Part A: Explain how the sliding of glaciers into the ocean, driven by this lubrication process, could influence global temperatures. Be sure to describe the mechanism through which this process affects the climate system. Part B: Propose an intervention to slow this glacier sliding process and explain how it would work in terms of modifying the described mechanism.