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what is a stable climate system?
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it has no feedback
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what is an unstable climate system?
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it has positive feedback
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what is a metastable climate system?
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it is a system where life has been able to persist with fluctuations
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what is thermohaline circulation?
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it is the heat conveyor of the oceans
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what is the younger dryas
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it is a heat conveyor that has cooled because of ice cap melting 7 degrees in 50 years!
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why is the chaos in the climatic important?
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because it shows that the climate will always be unpredictable but there is a certain limit to predictability
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what is negative feedback?
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it is equlibrium
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what is positive feedback?
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it is where unstable tiny differences make a huge impact
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