You are encouraged to make links between the different geographical themes, ideas and concepts which you study as part of your A-level geography course. For example, study of the carbon cycle uses a systems framework which emphasises the integrated nature of the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere. In practice, this might involve studying possible connections between carbon cycle mechanisms and tectonic processes or hazards. This column therefore explores some of the ways in which climate change might be a driver of more frequent and more intense geophysical hazards, including earthquakes, mass movements and tsunamis. The logic is as follows:
Climate change as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions appears increasingly likely to bring a global average temperature rise of 2°C or above (high-end projections suggest a global average in excess of 4°C).
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