Revise

This week you will revise weather hazards and climate change. It would help if you covered the following:

• General atmospheric circulation model: pressure belts and surface winds.
• Global distribution of tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons).
• An understanding of the relationship between tropical storms and general atmospheric circulation.
• Causes of tropical storms and the sequence of their formation and development.
• The structure and features of a tropical storm.
• How climate change might affect the distribution, frequency and intensity of tropical storms.
• Primary and secondary effects of tropical storms.
• Immediate and long-term responses to tropical storms
• Use a named example of a tropical storm to show its effects and responses – Typhoon Haiyan | Hurricane Irma
• How monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
• An overview of types of weather hazards experienced in the UK.
• An example of a recent extreme weather event in the UK to illustrate:
  • causes
  • social, economic and environmental impacts
  • how management strategies can reduce risk.

    The Beast from the East

• Evidence that weather is becoming more extreme in the UK.
• Evidence for climate change from the beginning of the Quaternary period to the present day.
  • natural factors – orbital changes, volcanic activity and solar output
  • human factors – use of fossil fuels, agriculture and deforestation.Possible causes of climate change:
• Overview of the effects of climate change on people and the environment.
• Managing climate change:
  • mitigation – alternative energy production, carbon capture, planting trees, international agreements
  • adaptation – change in agricultural systems, managing water supply, reducing risk from rising sea levels.

Use one of the three strategies below to revise these areas.