Humans Changing their Relationship with the EnvironmentBy: Mallory Rasmussen and Emily Shull

Global Warming

•Global warming: o increase in temperature of Earth's lower

atmosphere, believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect

•1995 - The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports human influence is the cause of increased global warming.

Human Influences on Global Warming

• Increase in greenhouse gases• Increase in aerosols• Change in surface conditions

o (e.g. reflective light, wind, evaporation)• Change in clouds

o (e.g. contrails, pollutants, etc.)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3pujlkSTq

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Future Human Impacts on Global Warming

• Population

• Technologyo Energy Productiono Energy use efficiencyo Land use

• Energy Structureo coal, oil/gas, Renewables/Nuclear

• Land useo Forests

Al Gore

Background: o vice president of Bill Clinton in 1993-2001o environmental activisto Alliance for Climate Protection

Environmentalism:o known as one of the Atari Democrats

(politicians who see issues in clean air & water

Alliance for Climate Protection

• founder: Al Gore• established 2006• focuses on drawing individuals together to

help save our Earth• 100% of all donations and funding are given to

the Alliance

Facts on Pollution(don't write down)

• 40% of America’s rivers and 46% of America’s lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life.

• Vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 60% of all carbon monoxide emissions nationwide, and up to 95% in cities.

• Over 80% of items in landfills can be recycled, but they’re not.

• In the U.S. 41% of all insecticides are used on corn. Of these, 80% are used to treat a pest that could be controlled simply by rotating a different crop for just one year.

Deforestation• caused by foresting, wild fires, and

subsequent overgrazingloss of habitat for millions of species

• the moist forest soils dry out because over exposure to sun light

• extreme temperature swings

How to Stop (Slow Down) Deforestation

• buy recycled wood

• plant your own trees

• buy an acre of rain forest to protect from deforestation

• recycle paper

• reuse grocery bags

• pressure governments to stop logging

Desertification

• Definition: process by which fertile land becomes deserto usually a result of drought, deforestation,

or poor agricultureo problem has detrimental effect on

countries in Africa.

Why should we care?And What can we do?

Why should we care?• Increasing Temperatures - human health issues

o warmer temps - spread of mosquitos - diseases like malaria and encephalitis

• Changing weather patterns - affect agriculture o more droughts or longer growing seasons

What can we do? • Recycling- saves energy to manufacture goods• Go solar – a solar system to provide hot water

can reduce your family’s carbon emissions by a lot

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•http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=988&bih=629&tbm=isch&tbnid=S_RhcDn2MAkieM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png&docid=nJ_NzjbNty7RsM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png&w=1000&h=779&ei=3xyxT8-NO4eO2wXBzJXpCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=265&vpy=301&dur=1215&hovh=198&hovw=254&tx=197&ty=98&sig=101568196090798524296&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=122&tbnw=154&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:151

•http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-pollution

•http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/

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Works Cited Continued

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