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Is the Global Climate Really Changing? The View from Space Joe Piwowar Department of Geography

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Global Change Claims The Earth's temperature is rising. Sea levels are going up. Droughts are more common. Our weather is getting stormier. Change is just part of a natural cycle.

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Remote Sensing remote sensing –to sense (v) - to feel, measure, detect, perceive –remote (adj) - far away from a given place

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Remote Sensing You are here!

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar The Earth’s Temperature is Rising

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar The Earth’s Temperature is Rising

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar The Earth’s Temperature is Rising

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar The Earth’s Temperature is Rising

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Sea Levels Are Going Up

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Sea Levels Are Going Up

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Sea Levels Are Going Up

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Sea Levels Are Going Up

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Droughts are More Common

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Our Weather is Getting Stormier

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Our Weather is Getting Stormier

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar NASA Earth Observatory Our Weather is Getting Stormier

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Change is Just Part of a Natural Cycle

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar NASA Earth Observatory Change is Just Part of a Natural Cycle

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Change is Just Part of a Natural Cycle

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Change is Just Part of a Natural Cycle

Is the Global Climate Really Changing?Joe Piwowar Thank-you! Joe Piwowar Department of Geography