Activity 14.

1 (5pts)

Watch this short video about Global Warming 101. Use this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=oJAbATJCugs and answer the following questions after you watch it.

1. What intensified the amount of greenhouses gases in our atmosphere? When did it happen?
- Ever since the industrial revolution began, factories and power plants and eventually cars
have burned fossil fuels such as oil and coal realizing huge amounts of carbon dioxides and
other gases into the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases trap heat near the earth through
a naturally occurring process called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect begins
with the sun and the energy it radiates to the earth. The earth and the atmosphere absorbs
some of this energy while the rest is radiated back into space. Naturally occurring gases in
the atmosphere trap some of this energy and reflected back warming the earth which
resulted for the Scientists to believe that the greenhouse effect is being intensified by the
extra greenhouse gases that humans have released.

2. What scientific evidence shows that there is an increase of greenhouse gases for the past
centuries?
- Evidence for global warming includes a recent string of very warm years. Scientists report
that 1998 was the warmest year in measured history with 2005 coming in second
meanwhile readings taken from ice cores show that the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide
and methane have hit their highest levels in the past 420,000 years. Arctic sea ice is also
shrinking. According to NASA studies, the extent of arctic sea ice has declined about 10
percent in the last 30 years. As long as the industrialized nations consume energy and
developing countries increase their fossil fuel consumption, the concentration of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will continue to rise.

3. What are the effects of rising temperature to us?

- What’s less certain is what rising temperatures mean for the planet. Some climate models
predict subtle changes, others forecast rising sea levels which could flood coastal areas
around the world. Weather patterns could change, making hurricanes more frequent.
Severe droughts could become more common in warm areas and species unable to adapt to
the changing conditions would face extinction.

4. How can people help reduce the amount of these greenhouse gases?
- Although much remains to be learned about global warming, many organizations advocate
cutting greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the impact of global warming. Consumers can
help by saving energy around the house, switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs and
driving fewer miles in the car each week. These simple changes may help keep the earth
cooler in the future.
 For 2.5 million years, the earth’s climate has fluctuated. Cycling from ice ages to warmer periods
but in the last century the planets temperature has risen unusually fast about 1.2 to 1.4 degrees
Fahrenheit. Scientist believe its human activity that’s driving the temperatures up, a process
known as global warming. Ever since the industrial revolution began, factories and power plants
and eventually cars have burned fossil fuels such as oil and coal realizing huge amounts of
carbon dioxides and other gases into the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases trap heat near
the earth through a naturally occurring process called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse
effect begins with the sun and the energy it radiates to the earth. The earth and the
atmosphere absorbs some of this energy while the rest is radiated back into space. Naturally
occurring gases in the atmosphere trap some of this energy and reflected back warming the
earth. Scientist now believed that the greenhouse effect is being intensified by the extra
greenhouse gases that humans have released. Evidence for global warming includes a recent
string of very warm years. Scientist report that 1998, was the warmest year in measured history
with 2005 coming in second meanwhile readings taken from ice cores show that the greenhouse
gases, carbon dioxide and methane have hit their highest levels in the past 420,000 years. Arctic
sea ice is also shrinking. According to NASA studies, the extent of arctic sea ice has declined
about 10 percent in the last 30 years. As long as the industrialized nations consume energy and
developing countries increase their fossil fuel consumption, the concentration of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere will continue to rise. Researchers predict that temperatures about 2 to
10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. What’s less certain is what rising temperatures
mean for the planet. Some climate models predict subtle changes, others forecast rising sea
levels which could flood coastal areas around the world. Weather patterns could change, making
hurricanes more frequent. Severe droughts could become more common in warm areas and
species unable to adapt to the changing conditions would face extinction. Although much
remains to be learned about global warming, many organizations advocate cutting greenhouse
gas emissions to reduce the impact of global warming. Consumers can help by saving energy
around the house, switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs and driving fewer miles in the
car each week. These simple changes may help keep the earth cooler in the future.

Conclusion:

For 2.5 million years, the earth’s climate has fluctuated. Cycling from ice ages to warmer periods.
Scientist believes that it is human activity that’s driving the temperatures up, a process known as global
warming. Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and the children’s
future. It is clear that we must now act as it isn’t only a prediction, global warming is happening. We are
now facing a global climate crisis and now entering a period of consequences. The only thing we need to
remember is that the climate is changing, so should we.
Activity 14.2 (5pts)
 
Use this link to understand the relationship between greenhouse effect, global warming and
climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4H1N_yXBiA .

 1. Describe the relationship between greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change.

The main cause of a phenomenon known greenhouse effect were gases in the atmosphere such as
water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons’. These gases let the sun
slides in but keep some of their heat from escaping like the glass walls of the greenhouse. The more
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere the more heat gets trap strengthening the greenhouse effect and
increasing the earth’s temperature or resulting to global warming. Human activities like the burning of
the fossil fuels have increased the amount of Co2 in the atmosphere by more than a third since the
industrial revolution. The rapid increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has warmed the planet
at an alarming rate. While earth’s climate has fluctuated in the past, atmospheric carbon dioxide hasn’t
reached today’s levels in hundredths of thousands of years.

2. What are the consequences of climate change to weather, food sources, oceans and
human health?

- Climate change has consequences for our oceans, weather, food sources and our
health.

- Oceans – ice sheets such as in Greenland and Antarctica are melting. The extra water
that was once held in glaciers causes sea levels to rise and spills out of the oceans,
flooding coastal regions.
- Weather – warmer temperature also make weather more extreme. This means not
only more intense major storms, floods and heavy snowfall but also longer and more
frequent droughts. These changes in weather post challenges.
- Food – growing crops becomes more difficult. The areas where plants and animals
can live shift and water supplies are diminished.
- Health – in addition to creating new agricultural challenges. Climate change can
directly affect people’s physical health. In urban areas, the warmer atmosphere
creates an environment that traps and increases the amount of smog. This is because
smog contains ozone particles which increase rapidly at higher temperatures.
Exposure to higher levels of smog can cause health problems such as asthma, heart
disease and lung cancer.
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3.    What can we do to reduce climate change?
- As the rapid rate of climate change is caused by humans, humans are also the ones
who can combat it. If we work to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources
like solar and wind which don’t produce greenhouse gas emissions, we might still be
able to prevent some of the worst effects of climate change

Conclusion:  Human activities from pollution to overpopulation are driving up the earth’s temperature
and fundamentally changing the world around us.

Climate change as an ultimate negative result of human activity, poses a growing threat to sustainable
development. The expected effects of climate change could seriously compromise the ability of the
agriculture sectors to feed the world, and severely undermine progress toward eradicating hunger,
malnutrition and poverty.