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and Global
Warming
Canada is the 10th
country on the list that
contribute’s the most to
greenhouse gas emission
Observed changes in Canada
Longer growing season
More heat waves and fewer cold spells
Thawing permafrost
Earlier river ice break-up
Increase in precipitation over large parts of
Canada, more snowfall in northwest Arctic
Earlier spring runoff
Earlier budding of trees
Indigenous people of the Arctic are no longer
able to predict the weather as their forefathers
did (Society for Ecological Restoration).
Canadian Temperature Trends -
1948 to 2012
The purpose of this slide is to show what is causing climate
change. In particular, this slide depicts long-term greenhouse gas
(GHG) records, which show a rapid increase since the Industrial
Age. This depicts increases in Carbon dioxide (CO2), with the
explanation that these increases are due primarily to fossil fuel
use in Canada, with additional contribution from land use
change.
HUMAN ACTIVTIES IN CANADA CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING
People burn fossil fuels and convert land
from forests to agriculture. Since the
beginning of the Industrial Revolution,
people have burned more and more fossil
fuels and changed vast areas of land from
forests to farmland.
Burning fossil fuels produces carbon
dioxide, a greenhouse gas. It is called a
greenhouse gas because it produces a
“greenhouse effect”. The greenhouse
effect makes the earth warmer, just as a
greenhouse is warmer than its
surroundings.
HOW CAN CANADA REDUCE ITS CONTRIBUTION IN
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISION?