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What Is Climate Change
What Is Climate Change
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Presentation1Whatisclimatechange?
Slide1
Introductiontothetopic
Slide2
JustlikeaGreenhousethatcreatestherighttemperaturetogrowvegetablesin,
gasesinouratmospheretrapthesunsheatkeepingthetemperatureonEarth
justrightforustolive.WithoutthesegasesthetemperatureoftheEarthwould
beaverychilly19
o
C.Thesegasesarethereforeknownasgreenhousegases.
Thesenaturalgaseslikecarbondioxideinouratmosphereprotectusfromtoo
muchheatescapingintospaceandactlikeaninvisibleblanket.Itkeepsthe
temperatureatarangethatwecanlivein.
Slide3
Extragasescausedbytheburningoffuelstrapextraheatthisisknownas
globalwarmingwhichcausesourclimatetochange.Wehavebeenaddingalot
moregasestotheskiesbyburningcoalandoil.Smallchangesinthelevelsof
gasesoccureveryday.
HINT:Atthatstageinthepresentationyoucouldaskparticipantstolistsomeof
thethingsthatproducegases
Forexample:Transport(cars,trucks,trains,boats)
Electricitygeneration(coal,dieselgenerators)
Deforestation(cuttingdowntreesreleasescarbondioxidethatisstoredinthem)
Agriculture(cowsproducemethane,fertilisers)
Industry(factories)
Slide4
Wecanseeasteepriseinthemaingreenhousegasesinthepast100years
comparedtothepast1000years.Thisisbecausewestartedtoburnlotsoffossil
fuelsaroundtheworld.Carondioxidecomesfromthingslikecars,methanefrom
cows,nitrousoxidefromfertilisersusedforfarming.Theseareallgreenhouse
gases.
Slide5
2005wasthewarmestyearonrecord
11outoflast12yearshavebeenthewarmestrecorded
Globalaveragetemperaturehaswarmed0.74Cthiscentury.Thismaynotseem
likemuchbutthinkofapatientwithafever,asmalldifferencecanshowthat
somethingisverywrong!
LatestprojectionspublishedinMay09estimateweareheadingfor3.57.4C
warmingthiscenturyifwecontinuewithbusinessasusual.Currentemissions
arehigherthanthosepredicted.
Evenwithemissionsreductionsincomingyearswewillstillexperiencesome
amountofwarmingbecausegreenhousegasesthathavealreadybeenemitted
stayintheatmospherefordecades.
Slide6
WarmingoftheEarthstemperaturemeansmoremeltingofArcticiceinthe
Summer.wecanseefromthesediagramsthatthesummericeisgettingless
overtime.
Slide7
Wecanseeherefromthedarkbluelinethatthenumberofweatherrelated
disasterssuchasthosecausedbyflood,droughtandcycloneshasdoubledinthe
past20years.Disasterslikeearthquakes,tsunamisandvolcaniceruptionsthat
arentrelatedtoclimatehaveremainedstableasindicatedbythelightblueline.
Thegreenlineshowsthenumberofdiseaseepidemicsandinsectinfestations.
Thesehavealsoincreasedalittle.
Slide8
Heavierandmorerainfallmeansmorefloods.Floodingmeanspeoplelosetheir
homesandthefoodthatisgrowing.Peoplemayalsogetinjuredorevendrown.
Afterflooding,therecanbeoutbreaksofdisease.Thisisbecausedirtywatergets
mixedwiththewaterthatpeopledrinkandpeoplemaygetsickfromdiarrhoea.
Alsoafterfloodingtheremaybeproblemswithforexamplemalaria.Thisis
becausetheremaybepoolsofwaterthatthemosquitiesliketobreedin,sothere
willbemoremosquitoes.
Slide9
Peopleallaroundtheworlddependontheweatherforfoodwhenitrainsour
foodgrows.Someareasareexperiencingmoreseveredroughtswhichreduces
theamountoffoodthatcanbeproduced.Insomeareaswherewaterisinshort
supplytherecanbedisagreementsoverwhoshouldhaveaccesstothewater
thatisavailable.
Whenpeoplehavelesswater,theymaynotwashtheirhandsaftergoingtothe
toiletandbeforeeating.Thiscanleadtomoreillnesssuchasdiarrhoea.
Also,whenpeopledonothaveenoughfoodtoeattheybecomeweakandmore
easilysick
Slide10
Cyclonesformoverwarmwaterwhichgivesitenergy.Warmerwaterswillmean
strongercyclones.
Colourfulcoralgetsstressedwhenthewatergetstoohotfortoolonganditloses
itscolour,sometimespermanently.Thisaffectsfishpeopleliveonandtourism.
Slide11
Climatechangewillbringmoreheatwaves.Oldpeopleandpeoplewhoare
alreadysickmaysufferalot,andevendie.
Slide12
Glaciersarefrozenice,oftenintheworldsmountains.Manyoftheworlds
glaciersaremeltingcausingfloodingofdamsdownstream.Whentheglaciers
meltcompletelythereisnowaterforthepeopledownstream.
Slide13
Dengueisadiseasethatispassedbymosquitoes.Denguegivesahighfeverand
peoplemaydie.Moremosquitoesmeanmoredengue!Mosquitoeslieeggsin
smallpoolsofwater,liketheseinthepicture.