Climate Change
Climate vs Weather Weather – short term condition of the atmosphere You hear a daily weather report NOT a climate report Climate – long term atmospheric conditions Usually recorded from decadal trends
Mr. D’Aleo is a Certified Consultant Meteorologist and was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Cycles of Global Warming
Image based on data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Posted By Marc Morano – 9:51 AM EST – Marc_Morano@EPW.Senate.Gov Cooling Underway: Global Temperature Continues to Drop in May 'Significantly Colder' - 16-month temperature drop of -0.774°C!
Sea level change since 1993
Global Land-Ocean Temp Index
Antarctica and Greenland Mass Variation
Global Temp Difference
From NASA.gov Carbon Dioxide – 404.93 ppm Global Temp - 1.7 degrees F (since 1880) Artic Ice - 13.3 % Land Ice - 281.0 gigatonnes/yr Sea level - 3.4 mm
Also from Nasa Temps continue to rise Growing season lengthen Changes in precipitation patterns More droughts and heat waves Stronger and more intense hurricanes Sea level rise 1-4 feet by 2100 Artic Ice free in the summer Midwest. Extreme heat, heavy downpours and flooding will affect infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and more. Climate change will also exacerbate a range of risks to the Great Lakes.