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How We Affect The World . By: Emily Batley, Daisy Lopez, Lacey Bollmer , Rhena Ripley. Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions . Constant Problems . Incensement in extreme weather: Wildfires Hurricanes Floods Drought Tropical storms Leads to climate changes More Technology Advances - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How We Affect The
World By: Emily Batley, Daisy Lopez, Lacey Bollmer, Rhena Ripley
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Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Constant Problems Incensement in extreme weather:
Wildfires Hurricanes Floods Drought Tropical storms Leads to climate changes
More Technology Advances No progress in improving energy source to be
environmentally friendly
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2001 9/11
Emissions into the air War in Afghanistan Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Humans are 66% responsible for global
warming (Current statistic is 90+%)
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2002 Antarctica
Larsen-B ice shelf break Collapsed in one month
Arctic summer sea ice Record low
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2003 Iraq war started
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2004 Global warming publicity
Cover of National Geographic Cover of Business Week Magazine Central theme of Michael Crichton’s best-
selling novel, State of Fear
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2005 Warmest
year on record 1998 and
2007 tie for 2nd warmest
“How much are you consuming?”
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2006 Start of energy consumption steady
growth at 2.3% per year 21.3 billion tons of CO2 from fossil fuels
per year Natural processes can only absorb about
half of produced
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2007 Australia
Lost 25% of crop productions Due to desertification
Tegua Island, Pacific Ocean 100 residents relocated
Rising sea levels Frequent flooding
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2009 Moscow, Russia
Extreme heat waves 33 days of heat over 91.4° 11,000 died
Forrest fires Drought Crop failures
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2010 Indonesia and Australia
Unusual rains starting in May- Oct(normal dry time)
Indonesia Almost double rainfall June- Oct.
Australia May-Oct. 152% higher rainfall
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Future 2040
Predict Arctic to have 1st ice-free summer 2030
Over a billion cars will be driving on planet earth
2050 add one more billion 2050
1billion + people with water shortage 2080
Mountain eco-systems will lose more than half of wildlife species