GLOBAL WARMING

It should NOT be confused

with climate change
What is global
warming?
 Difference
GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE
is the increase of the is a broader term that
Earth’s average refers to long-term
surface temperature changes in climate,
due to a build-up of including average
greenhouse gases in temperature and
the atmosphere. precipitation.
Increase in the average measured
temperature of the Earth's surface air and
oceans
How Global Warming Works

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Greenhouse gases

Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)

CAUSES OF
GLOBAL
WARMING
Pollution from coal,
natural gas, and oil
CO2 from
airplanes &
vehicles
POPULATION
INCREASE
DEFORESTATIO
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 C O 2

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I n l ts
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 Example of the
Greenhouse Effect
The Sun’s energy
passes through the
car’s windshield.

This energy (heat)

is trapped inside
the car and cannot
pass back through
the windshield,
causing the inside
of the car to warm
up.
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Melting of
glaciers
Polar Bear
Extinction
Warmer waters and
more hurricanes
Increased probability
and intensity of
droughts and heat
waves
Increased
Temperature
 Melting
Polar ice caps
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WHERE IS my
habitat…!!!
THIS….
 ANTARCTICA – losing ice
faster..!!!!!!

BEFORE NOW
Major CONSEQUENCE of global
warming is………….

GUESS WHAT !!
At some places, it
At others……
SOMEWHERE
it’s tooo…….ooo
HOT
WHEREAS At
others tooo…..
COLD
 e o f
a u s
b e c
a l l
I t s
GLOBAL
WARMING
CAUSED BY
WHOM…?????
WHO Is THE
CULPRIT??????
WE are the ones causing It
BUT
WE need PROOF
SO Here’s the PROOF
 Portage Glacier
• Alaska

1914 2004

Photos: NOAA Photo Collection and Gary Braasch – WorldViewOfGlobalWarming.org

 Colorado River
• Arizona

June 2002 Dec 2003

When did global
warming start?
Global Atmospheric Concentration of CO2
DON’T
CRY
It’s NOT too LATE

ACT NOW!!!!
We can stop global
warming!
 … ……
D O…
JU S T
th e s e

Follow the
arrow…..
Spread
awareness
Turn off your computer or the
TV when you’re not using it.
Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
 Be Bulb Smart—Use CFLs
Compact
Incandescent Fluorescent

500 lbs.
of coal

•1,430 lbs. CO2 pollution avoided

•$30 saved
Dress lightly when it’s hot instead of
turning up the air conditioning.
Unplug unused electronics
Plant trees.
Recycle.
 Drive LESS, drive SMART

Use a bicycle or bus

AND
Have Faith
on……………
Wind Power
Solar Power
Fuel
efficient

cars
Hey…..!!! Its working
 Global
Warming:
Shifting Gears
nobr a C

Goal:
Reductions in
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2007
CO2 Per Year
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B
 Our Goal

Produce
electricity
nobr a C

efficiently
Use electricity
efficiently
Vehicle
efficiency
Solar and
Wind Power
oilnliotBa gi G

Reductions Biofuels
2007 in CO2 Carbon
capture and
r anC

Per Year storage

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GLOBAL WARMING