METEOROLOGY/AGRONOMY/ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 404/504

Final Exam
30 April 2001

1. Rainforests in both Indonesia and Amazonia have evolved diversity through "island effects". Discuss what is meant by "island effects" and how such effects were both similar and different in these two regions. (4 points)



2. Discuss the underlying reason that a mountain glacier that disappears under global warming will not reappear under subsequent global cooling at the same global mean temperature that it disappeared. (4 Points)



3. At a party your boss's boss's boss asks for your view of the most pressing global change problem facing humanity. What is your response (assuming you are very eager for a promotion)? (4 Points)



4. Why do we need continuing research on the carbon cycle? (4 Points)



5. Discuss the possible solutions to reducing negative impacts of anthropogenically induced global change over the next 100 years even with a growing global population. (4 Points)



6. Discuss the following statement: "Global warming will lead to desertification." (4 Points)



7. The Montreal Protocol is widely viewed as an international environmental success, but the Kyoto Protocol is viewed as a failure. Explain why the international community has had such success in one and such failure in the other. (4 Points)

28 total points (will be normalized to give correct balance as given in course syllabus)