 What can you say about

the pictures presented?

 How these things affect

our daily living?
 Earth’s climate has changed throughout
history, most of these slight changes are
caused by small variations in the Earth’s orbit
BUT
Climate change as we know it today is
characterized by an abrupt increase in the
Earth’s temperature.
RISE: 1.2 º to 1.4º F warmer in just the last
century
 is a change in the statistical distribution of
weather patterns when that change lasts for
an extended period of time.
 may refer to a change in average weather
conditions, or in the time variation of weather
within the context of longer-term average
conditions.
 is the biggest environmental challenge of our
time.
Climate change:
How do we know?
 Scientific evidence for
warming of the climate
system is unequivocal.
The planet's average surface temperature
has risen about 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit
(0.9 degrees Celsius) since the late 19th
century, a change driven largely by
increased carbon dioxide and other
human-made emissions into the
atmosphere
The oceans have absorbed much
of this increased heat, with the
top 700 meters (about 2,300 feet)
of ocean showing warming of
more than 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit
since 1969
The Greenland and
Antarctic ice sheets have
decreased in mass.
Glaciers are retreating almost
everywhere around the world —
including in the Alps,
Himalayas, Andes, Rockies,
Alaska and Africa.
The amount of spring snow cover
in the Northern Hemisphere has
decreased over the past five
decades and that the snow is
melting earlier
Global sea level rose
about 8 inches in the
last century.
The number of record high
temperature events in the United
States has been increasing, while
the number of record low
temperature events has been
decreasing, since 1950.
The increase in ocean acidification is the
result of humans emitting more carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere and hence
more being absorbed into the oceans. The
amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the
upper layer of the oceans is increasing by
about 2 billion tons per year.15,16
Both the extent and
thickness of Arctic sea
ice has declined rapidly
over the last several
decades
The causes of
Climate Change
We live in a
greenhouse.
 Most climate scientists agree the main cause
of the current global warming trend is human
expansion of the "greenhouse effect" —
warming that results when the atmosphere
traps heat radiating from Earth toward space.
Is the sun to blame?
 Cutting down forests (deforestation).
 Increasing livestock farming
 Fertilizers containing nitrogen produce
nitrous oxide emissions.
 Fluorinated gases
 Burning coal, oil and gas produces carbon
dioxide and nitrous oxide
 The
Effects
 physical
biological
human systems
 First, variations in the physical systems of the
planet can be observed in the melting of the
poles, which at the same time cause glacial
regression, snow melting, warming and
thawing of permafrost, flooding in rivers and
lakes, droughts in rivers and lakes, coastal
erosion, sea level rise and extreme natural
phenomena.
 In the biological systems, there is
death of flora and fauna in
terrestrial and marine ecosystems,
wildfires and flora and fauna
displacement searching for better
life conditions.
 In human systems, climate change
affects and destroys crops and food
production, causes disease and death,
destruction and loss of economic
livelihoods and migrations of climate
refugees.
 Climate
Change:
What you can do?
 Push for reduced methane emissions from
fracked gas
 Get charged up with renewables
 Green your commute
 Use energy wisely — save money, too
 Help put a price on pollution
 Consume less, waste less, enjoy life more
 Divest from fossil fuels
 Invest in renewables
 Eat for a climate-stable planet
 Tell your story, listen to others
1. is a change in the
statistical distribution of weather
patterns.
a. climate c. climate
change
b. greenhouse effect d. weather
2. The planet's average surface
temperature has risen about how many
°F?
a. 1.62 c. 1.66
b. 1.63 d. 1.70
3. What is greenhouse effect?
a. warming that results when the atmosphere
traps heat radiating from Earth toward space
b. warming that results when the atmosphere
traps heat radiating from space toward Earth
c. cooling that results when the atmosphere
traps heat radiating from Earth toward space
4. What are the gases that contribute to
greenhouse effect?
a. Sulfur dioxide, Nitrogen oxide, Methane,
Nitrous Oxide
b. Water Vapor, Nitrous Oxide, Carbon Dioxide,
Methane
c. Sulfur dioxide, Water Vapor, Methane,
Nitrous Oxide
5. Melting of the poles is one of the effects
of climate change. In what level of climate
change impact melting of poles belong?

a.biological
b. human systems
c. physical
6. Fertilizers containing
nitrogen produce
_____________________
7. Climate Change is characterized by
an abrupt decrease in the Earth’s
temperature.

True or False?
 8-10 As a student, what can you do to reduce
the effect of climate change?
1. C- Climate Change
2. A- 1.62
3. A- Warming that results when the
atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth
toward space
4. B- Water Vapor, Notrus Oxide, Carbon
Dioxide, Methane
5. C- Physical
6. Nitrous Oxide Emissions
7. False
“In a world of more than
seven billion people, each
of us is a drop in the
bucket. But with enough
drops, we can fill any
bucket.”

David Suzuki
Thank you for
listening!
 Https://ec.europa.eu/clima/change/causes_e
n
 https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
 https://www.activesustainability.com/climate
-change/impacts-climate-change/
 https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-
do/top-10-ways-can-stop-climate-change/