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WHAT’s THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE?

Explore the science behind climate change, including greenhouse gases, rising temperatures, melting ice, extreme weather, and the need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the Kyoto Accord and the global efforts to combat climate change.

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WHAT’s THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE?

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  1. WHAT’s THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE? http://previews.123rf.com/images/kozzzlova/kozzzlova1208/kozzzlova120800004/14828123-People-on-the-planet-Stock-Vector-earth-planet-cartoon.jpg

  2. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NTIiWbEQsuw/maxresdefault.jpg WEATHER- over a short period of time ; “what’s happening outside today” Raining? Snowing? Cold? Hot? Humid? CLIMATE- global average; Patterns/trends over relatively long periods of time Climate? OR Weather? VIDEO Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)Feb 26 , 2015 Former Chairman of SenateENVIRONMENT and Pubic Works Committee

  3. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2568825/Science-academies-explain-global-warming-reality.htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2568825/Science-academies-explain-global-warming-reality.html

  4. GREENHOUSE EFFECT:Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, including water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, trap heat energy keeping Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere warm THIS IS A GOOD THING! It makes life on Earth possible! http://previews.123rf.com/images/kozzzlova/kozzzlova1208/kozzzlova120800004/14828123-People-on-the-planet-Stock-Vector-earth-planet-cartoon.jpg

  5. PROBLEM Greenhouse gases have been increasing So . . . atmosphere is trapping more heat and planet is warming up https://static.skepticalscience.com/pics/WMOGraphs.jpg http://www.animationplayhouse.com/aahot.gif

  6. WHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SAY?

  7. CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN ATMOSPHERE ARE INCREASINGCurrent CO2 level in atmosphere: 405.25 ppm ~ highest in 650,000 years https://globalclimate.ucr.edu/images/evidence_CO2.jpg

  8. CO2 CONCENTRATION and TEMPERATURE http://www.southwestclimatechange.org/files/cc/figures/icecore_records.jpg

  9. https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

  10. What does the science say? IT’S GETTING WARMER 9 of 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2000

  11. ARCTIC ICE IS DISAPPEARING https://climate.nasa.gov/

  12. ANTARCTIC ICE IS DISAPPEARING http://www.businessinsider.com/antarctica-giant-iceberg-breaking-off-2017-1 VIDEO

  13. January 2017 was third-warmest January on record https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2550/january-2017-was-third-warmest-january-on-record/

  14. AGW: Anthropogenic Global Warming“Human caused climate change: http://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pies-Public-Science.jpg

  15. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF INCREASING CO2 in ATMOSPHEREand CLIMATE CHANGE ? OR “What’s so bad about warming up a little?”

  16. WARMING MELTS POLAR ICE https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sea-ice-hits-record-lows-at-both-poles/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_ENGYSUS_NEWS

  17. What’s so bad about warming up a little? http://healthandenergy.com/images/global2.gif Cartoon from Brookings Register Coastal flooding

  18. http://www.claybennett.com/pages/ocean_temps.html Changes in Gulf Stream http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/Atlantic_conveyor.jpg

  19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Increasing ocean temperatures = MORE SEVERE STORMS http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WEATHER/08/25/tropical.storm/story.katrina.915p.jpg

  20. http://www.cactus-art.biz/note-book/Dictionary/aaa_Dictionary_pictures/drought.jpghttp://www.cactus-art.biz/note-book/Dictionary/aaa_Dictionary_pictures/drought.jpg Weather extremes Heat waves and drought Brookings Register

  21. http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/infographic-wildfires-climate-change.html#.WKtyOW8rLIUhttp://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/infographic-wildfires-climate-change.html#.WKtyOW8rLIU

  22. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=35720&in_page_id=34http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=35720&in_page_id=34 Changing habitats means loss of species http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_186/custom/rotator/penguins.jpg

  23. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralbleaching-large.jpg http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-04-16-CoralReefEarthDrReeseHalter Warmer water causes corals to expel the algae living in their tissues and turn white. Destroys coral reef ecosystems and organisms that live there.

  24. http://www.conchaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/florida-keys-coral-reef-loss.pnghttp://www.conchaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/florida-keys-coral-reef-loss.png What’s so bad about a little more CO2? ACIDIFICATION OF OCEANS Affects coral reefs and shelled sea animals http://www.biologyjunction.com/clip0051.jpg

  25. HOW DO WE FIX THIS?STOP RELEASING GREENHOUSE GASES INTO ATMOSPHERE !

  26. What’s the Kyoto Accord? • International agreement signed in 1997 • Aimed at reducing global climate change • Participants asked to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a percentage below 1990 emission levels • Set binding targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for countries to reach by 2012 • 37 industrialized countries which make almost 65% of greenhouse gases (GHG) were to decrease to ~ 5% less than 1990 levels (US target = 7%)

  27. KYOTO is “OLD NEWS”! The UNITED STATES is the only major industrial country that did NOT signed the Kyoto Accord. (Actually we signed on and then “took it back”) Standards set by Kyoto expired in 2012 Countries have been meeting since 2009 to decide what will happen next http://unfccc.int/meetings/items/2654.php

  28. PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT !!!!! LANDMARK NEW CLIMATE AGREEMENT !!!!! • More than 130 countries (including US and China) signed the landmark agreement to tackle climate change at a ceremony at UN headquarters on April 22, 2016 (Earth Day!) • US pledged a 26-28% cut by 2025 compared with 2005 levels. • It sets a collective goal of keeping global warming below 2° C compared to pre-industrial times, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature rise to 1.5C. • It requires all countries to submit plans for climate action and to update them every five years, though such plans are not legally binding.

  29. Clean Power Plan United States-Clean Power Plan sets achievable standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 and giving states flexibility of how they will meet these goals . Feb 2016Supreme Court moved to temporarily block implementing the plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.Decision to come . . . ?

  30. THE SOLUTIONS MUST COME FROMAVERAGE CITIZENS . . . LIKE US!OUR LEADERS CAN’T FIX THIS WON’T

  31. WE CAN’T COUNT ON OUR LEADERS to FIX THIS http://e360.yale.edu/images/features/stahl_0401_energy_policy.jpg

  32. http://cdn.skim.gs/images/dws0o9mn3yft7sifgrz7/DonaldTrump_3 Our President is ONLY world leader who does NOT accept climate science as REAL!

  33. Our Congress denies climate change is real 114th CongressJan 2015 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/624/0*m34Q_EYlCc812YY5.png

  34. http://www.ecowatch.com/pruitt-confirmed-epa-2268448228.html A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO ELIMINATE THE EPA in 2018 SCOTT PRUITT The head of the Environmental Protection Agency does not believe climate change is real.

  35. http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/bravenewtraveler.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20080418-planet.jpghttp://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/bravenewtraveler.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20080418-planet.jpg HERE’S THE THINGEven if you don’t “believe” in global warming . . . Even if our politicians refuse toadmit there is a problem . . . . we should still work to reduce our emissions of global warming gases BECAUSE . . .

  36. http://www.inkcinct.com.au/Web/CARTOONS/2005/2005-379C--last-fossil-fuel.gifhttp://www.inkcinct.com.au/Web/CARTOONS/2005/2005-379C--last-fossil-fuel.gif THINGS WE DO TO “FIX CLIMATE CHANGE” make sense anyway! Fossil fuels are a limited resource… eventually they will be gone!

  37. THINGS WE DO TO “FIX CLIMATE CHANGE” make sense anyway! http://healthandenergy.com/global_warming_cartoons.htm Our supply of fossil fuels is dependent on countries that are not “friendly” to the U.S.

  38. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AXU_8yGrChFsoMxEHENwCXCcNfaWt5xKTeVop_gXC0bNpant1zzXx7k/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AXU_8yGrChFsoMxEHENwCXCcNfaWt5xKTeVop_gXC0bNpant1zzXx7k/ THINGS WE DO TO “FIX CLIMATE CHANGE” make sense anyway! Drilling for and transporting fossil fuels has negative environmental consequences http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/embed/public/2014/07/14/oklahoma_chart.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZjvIZhH.jpg

  39. THINGS WE DO TO “FIX CLIMATE CHANGE” make sense anyway! http://admin-topix.blogspot.com/2012/02/health-effects-of-air-pollutants-air.html Burning fossil fuels harms our health

  40. THINGS WE DO TO “FIX CLIMATE CHANGE” make sense anyway! Innovation and alternative energy technologies for automobiles and power generation are good for our economy https://www.iea.org/media/news/2016/news/MTRMRInfographic.png

  41. THINK ABOUT IT

  42. http://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/climatesummit.jpghttp://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/climatesummit.jpg

  43. video http://www.eslcaribbean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/obama-meme.png

  44. IT’S UP TO YOU, ME, ALL OF US!BUT YOUR GENERATION IS THE KEY http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/07/01/chapter-2-climate-change-and-energy-issues/

  45. QUOTES This we know... the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to earth. All things are connected, like the blood which connects one family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life – he is merely a strand in it.  Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ~Chief Seattle, 1854

  46. If you want to see an endangered species, get up and look in the mirror.~  John Young, former Apollo astronaut A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers,but borrowed from his children.~ John James Audubon, 1785 - 1851 It's not easy being green.~  Kermit the Frog Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not. ~ Dr. Seuss, The LoraxVIDEO

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