Kaitlyn Hamner

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Global Warming

• Kaitlyn Hamner

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What is Global Warming?

• Global Warming is defined as the increase of the
  average temperature of the earth.
• The Greenhouse gases traps the
• Suns energy and warms the earth
• Global Warming is changing the
• rhythms of climate that all living
• things have come to rely on

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Facts

• Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees
  Fahrenheit or 0.8 degree Celsius around the world
  since 1880 and much of this has occurred in
  recent decades
• The rate of warming is increasing. The 20th
  century's last two decades were the hottest in
  400 years
• It is said that the earths average temperature
  will rise between 2 and 10 degrees fahrenheit by
  the end of the century
• Coral reefs are highly sensitive to small changes
  in water temperature and suffered the worst
  bleaching ever recorded in 1998 with some areas
  seeing bleach rate of 70 percent.

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Causes of Global Warming

• Several Greenhouse Gases that are responsible for
  the warming
• The combustions of fossil fuels from cars,
  factories and electricity production
• CO2 is responsible for the highest amount of
  temperature
• change and warming
• Other gases that are responsible
• are methane, nitrous oxide,
• fertilizer, and gases used for
• refrigeration
• The loss of forest which store
• CO2 is another cause

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Effects of Global Warming

• Ice is melting worldwide, especially in the
  earths poles. NASA has reported that the arctic
  sea ice has decreased in size by 10 in the past
  30 years
• The rate of sea level rising has increased over
  the past ten years.
• Some foxes and alpine plants have miragted north
  to cooler climates
• On average the worldwide precipitation levels,
• rain and snowfall, has greatly increased
• There has been a decline in the number of
• Adelie penguins in Antarctica and the number
• of breeding pairs has fallen from 32,000 to
  11,000 in the past
• 30 years.

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Solutions to Global Warming

• Take the bus, carpool, walk, or ride your bike
• Find a recycling depot close to you
• If you need a new car, look into a hybrid one
• Find an alternate fuel source
• Educate people on the problems and solutions
• Plant a tree!
• Reduce your carbon footprint
• There are many other ways in which you can help
  prevent further damages and try and reverse the
  ones that are already present

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Alternate Energy Sources

• Some ways that we can power the world in a
  cleaner way are
• Biofuel
• Fuel Cells
• Geothermal Energy
• HydroPower
• Solar Energy
• Wind Power

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Global Warming 101

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?voJAbATJCugs

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Sources

• http//environment.nationalgeographic.com/environm
  ent/global-warming/
• http//knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/clima
  te_change/global_warming_basics/
• http//www.global-warming-resource.com/global-warm
  ing-facts.html
• http//www.global-warming-resource.com/global-warm
  ing-facts.html