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1 Climate Change Bause/Kulman North Farmington High School

2 Factors affecting climate Atmosphere (the air) Hydrosphere (the water) Solid Earth (crust) Biosphere (life) Cryosphere (ice) *** A change in any one of these systems can cause a change in climate!

3 Is the Earth warming? Global average temperatures 18,000 yrs ago to present YES!!! For the past 20,000 years the Earth has been warming! Which is why the glaciers are not here today.

4 From reconstructions of past climates, climate has varied… from millions of years from thousands of years to even 100’s to 10’s of years.

5 Global Average Temperature for the past 2000 years

6 Land-based Surface Temperatures over the past 250 years

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8 How do we know the climate has changed? Seafloor sediments –near surface organisms die and their remains become part of the sediments. –number/types of organisms change with changing climate Oxygen isotopes –measures the ratio of O 16 to O 18 found in ice and sedimentary rock. –O 16 evaporates easier than O 18. Because of this O 16 is more often associated with precipitation. THUS becoming part of the glacial ice. –O 18 is left in the water. So, during ice ages, there is more O 18 in the water. And visa-versa –certain crustaceans use CaCO 3 (called calcite) to make their shells. The Oxygen used is reflected in the shells. When the organism die, their hard shells become part of the ocean sediment.

9 CO yrs ago to present Methane 2000 yrs ago to present Carbon Dioxide and methane are two greenhouse gases. Methane is 30 times better at absorbing infrared radiation.

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11 Natural Causes of Climate Change (NOT caused by human activity) Plate Tectonics Volcanic Activity Sunspot Activity Milankovitch Cycles

12 Natural Cause of Climate Change- Plate Tectonics Ice needs a land mass to collect on. If there are no land masses along the poles, and thus more of them near the equator, typically these are times of warming. Currently there is no land mass directly on the North Pole, but close enough with Greenland. This allows ice to gather and stick around.

13 Natural Cause of Climate Change- Volcanic Activity volcanoes release of aerosols (tiny solids) increase atmospheric albedo and block insolation (incoming solar radiation). Ex Mt. Tambora “Year without a Summer”. Snow in June, frost in August.

14 Volcanoes or Humans? The RED is a simple fit (or best fit) line. The dips you see correspond to LARGE volcanic eruptions. Despite the ash from the volcanic eruptions, the overall trend is increasing. Mt. Pinatubo Mt. St. Helens Krakatoa Mt. Tambora The year without a summer Where’s Dante’s Peak?

15 Natural Cause of Climate Change- Sunspot Activity Sunspots are dark blemishes on the surface of the sun and are often associated with large solar eruptions. Solar flare 50 times the diameter of Earth Sunspots

16 Natural Cause of Climate Change- Sunspot Activity Solar flares release LOTS of radiation. Sunspots/flares are associated with an INCREASE in solar radiation reaching the Earth’s atmosphere which can warm the Earth

17 Natural Causes in Climate Change- Milankovitch Cycles Earth’s tilt changes on a 26,000 year cycle Earth’s orbit becomes very elliptical, back to “circular” on a 100,000 year cycle. Major glaciations occur when they both align.

18 Natural Causes in Climate Change- Milankovitch Cycles During circular orbits, Earth warms. During elliptical orbits, Earth cools.

19 Human Impact of Climate ***Not just CO 2 *** The FOUR “Fs” 1.Farming 2.Flatulence 3.Fertilizing 4.Fossil Fuels

20 Human Impact of Climate- Farming Cutting down trees/vegetation for farming –Farm land/dark soil has less albedo than forests. Stirring soil (tilling) releases naturally stored CO 2 in soil aggregates. ***We’ve been doing this for 1000s of years***

21 Human Impact of Climate- Flatulence Methane (CH 4 ) is produced from cattle, and from swamps (including artificial swamps used to grow rice). Also produced in landfills times better at absorbing terrestrial radiation than CO 2

22 Human Impact of Climate- Fertilizing & Fossil Fuels FERTILZING: Nitrous Oxide (N 2 O) is produced from nitrogen fertilizers FOSSIL FUELS: CO 2 AND N 2 O are produced during the combustion of fossil fuels. *** N 2 O is also a greenhouse gas and is 300 times better at absorbing infrared radiation than CO 2 ***

23 Consequences of Climate Change The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) states, "Taken as a whole, the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time."

24 Consequences of Climate Change- Storms Hurricane Sandy 2012 $65,000,000, Midwest/Plains Drought $35,000,000,000

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Detroit Flood Estimated cost of $1.1 billion

27 Consequences of Global Warming- Storm frequency

28 Water resources and agriculture Changes in water distribution. SW US, a 2 o C change in temp could result in 50% less precipitation. Demands from the Colorado river now do not meet the needs. –it doesn’t even make it to the ocean anymore.

29 Consequences- Sea level rising As continental glaciers melt, water level will rise. It’s not just the glaciers melting! If temps go up, then the temps of oceans go up. If you increase heat, you increase the VOLUME (space) the water takes up. Red indicates areas that will likely be under water. NOTE: this is not the real Statue of liberty I hope Mickey knows how to SWIM!!!