IB Biology Topic D4.3: Climate Change Notes

D4.3.1 Anthropogenic causes of climate change

9 minute read

D4.3.2 Positive feedback cycles in global warming

8 minute read

D4.3.3 Change from net carbon accumulation to net loss in boreal forests

7 minute read

D4.3.4 Melting of landfast ice and sea ice as examples of polar habitat change

8 minute read

D4.3.5 Changes in ocean currents altering the timing and extent of nutrient upwelling

7 minute read

D4.3.6 Poleward and upslope range shifts of temperate species

8 minute read

D4.3.7 Threats to coral reefs as an example of potential ecosystem collapse

10 minute read

D4.3.8 Afforestation, forest regeneration and restoration of peat-forming wetlands

14 minute read

D4.3.9 Phenology as research into the timing of biological events (HL)

11 minute read

D4.3.10 Disruption to the synchrony of phenological events by climate change (HL)

12 minute read

D4.3.11 Increases to the number of insect life cycles within a year due to climate change (HL)

8 minute read

D4.3.12 Evolution as a consequence of climate change (HL)

6 minute read