SCIENCE, MATER DEI COLLEGE

TUBIGON, BOHOL

TECHNOLOGY, &

SOCIETY
STS | Climate Change

VANESA MAE O. BACOLOT

INSTRUCTOR
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STS | ★ CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

WHAT IS WEATHER?
❖Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its
short-term variation in minutes to weeks.
❖People generally think of weather as the combination of
temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, visibility, and
wind.
❖Weather is short term, limited area, can change rapidly,
difficult to predict.

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STS | ★ CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

WHAT IS CLIMATE?
❖Climate is the long-term average of weather,
typically averaged over a period of 30 years.
❖Climate means the usual condition of the
temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure,
wind, rainfall, and other meteorological elements
in an area of the Earth's surface for a long time.
In simple terms climate is the average condition
for about thirty years.

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STS | ★ CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?

❖Climate change occurs when changes in
Earth's climate system result in new weather
patterns that remain in place for an extended
period of time. This length of time can be as
short as a few decades to as long as millions
of years.

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CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

1. NATURAL CAUSES
2. HUMAN CAUSES
3. RISE IN SEA LEVEL
4. HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE GLOBE

5. EXTREME DROUGHT
6. ECOSYSTEMS ARE CHANGING

7. HURRICANES
8. RISE IN TEMPERATURE
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Climate Change in the Philippines

•The Philippines is highly vulnerable to the impacts of

climate change, including sea level rise, increased
frequency of extreme weather events, rising
temperatures and extreme rainfall. This is due to its
high exposure to natural hazards (cyclones, landslides,
floods, droughts), dependence on climate-sensitive
natural resources and vast coastlines where all major
cities and the majority of the population reside.

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WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?

❖Global warming is the long-term rise in the
average temperature of the Earth's climate system.
It is a major aspect of climate change and has been
demonstrated by direct temperature measurements
and by measurements of various effects of the
warming. Global warming and climate change are
often used interchangeably.

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GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECT

❖Global warming is projected to have a number

of effects on the oceans.
❖Ongoing effects include rising sea levels due to
thermal expansion and melting of glaciers and ice
sheets, and warming of the ocean surface, leading
to increased temperature stratification.

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WHAT IS ENVIRONMENT?

❖Surroundings in which an organization operates

including air, water, land, natural resources, flora
and fauna, human and their interrelationship.
❖The environment is something you are very
familiar with.

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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
air community
land/
soil

water

flora/
fauna

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THE 3R’s: REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE

❖In order to minimize the impact of waste

products on the environment there are actions
that we can take by reducing what we use,
reusing products and recycling waste.

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THE 3R’s: REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE

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WAYS TO REDUCE …
❖Boil only water you need
❖Buy only what you need
❖Buy things with less packaging
❖Cook food for only those eating
❖Switch off lights, monitors, appliances
❖Print on both sides of paper
❖Flush toilet only when needed
❖Solar power
❖Insulation in homes
❖Service vehicles and equip regularly
❖Use public transport
❖Walk
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WAYS TO REUSE …
❖New ways of using materials
❖Reuse wrapping, boxes, plastic bags
❖‘Bag for life’
❖Repair rather than dispose
❖Composting (paper, wood, food)
❖Chip fat from local chip shop used as diesel
❖Sell unwanted items
❖Re-use coffee cups
❖Print on both sides
❖Rechargeable batteries
❖Grey water harvesting
❖Rain water harvesting
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RECYCLABLE RESOURCES …
❖Plastics
❖Tins, aluminium, steel
❖Paper
❖Glass
❖Cardboard
❖Tetrapak
❖Clothing
❖Electronic equipment
❖Mobile phones
❖Spectacles
❖Tyres
❖Ink cartridges
❖Some building materials
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