GLOBAL WARMING

 Green house effect  Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants  Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars  Carbon Dioxide from Airplanes  Carbon Dioxide from Buildings  Methane

 Water Vapor in the Atmosphere Increasing  Nitrous oxide  Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean  Tundra

› Plant and animal range shifts and population changes › Coral reef bleaching › Downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding › Droughts and fires

› Heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather › Ocean warming › sea-level rise and coastal flooding › Glaciers melting › Arctic and Antarctic warming Spreading diseases › Earlier spring arrival

 Lamont-Doherty earth observatory (LDEO)  Nasa Godart institute for space studies (GISS)  International research institute for climate and society  Cooperative institute for climate applications and research (CICAR)  Center for environmental research and conservation (CERC)  Center for climate systems research (CCSR)  Center for research on environmental Decisions (CRED)  Global roundtable on climate change (GROCC)  Lenfest center for sustainable energy (LCSE)  Center for hazards and risk research (CHRR)  The educational programs of the environmental law clinic

 Carbon dioxide increasing in atmosphere  Methane also increasing  Disappearing glaciers  Melting Antarctic sea ice  Ocean warming with coral bleaching

Polar bears starting to turn up drowned and at some point will become extinct due to global warming.”

 “Intellectually Exhilarating! An Inconvenient Truth is a necessary film” A.O. Scott, New York Times  “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it” Upton Sinclair

 Natural phenomenon  Not man made

“ Some parts of Jupiter are now as much as six degrees Celsius warmer than just a few years ago.” Imke de Pater and Philip Marcus of University of California, Berkeley

 Carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions  “A simultaneous rising in temperature on both Mars and Earth suggest that climate change is indeed a natural phenomenon as opposed to being man- made. Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia

Storms on Saturn indicate a climate change occurring on that planet. NASA

“ Global warming may raise the oceans 23 feet, submerging cities from Sidney to New York.” Jonathan Gregory, climate scientist at the University of Reading in England

 Climate change is a global issue, but its impacts and how it is perceived differ greatly around the world. German student Simone Lepper shares her experiences teaching climate change in Germany, Estonia, and Cameroon.

 January 15, The year 2007 tied 1998 as the second warmest year on record; 2005 being the warmest year. An analysis by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS).  June 21, China is now producing the most CO2 of any country in the world, surpassing the United States. However, per capita the U.S is emitting over 4 times as much as China, 21 tons per American vs 5 tons per Chinese.

 How long does carbon dioxide remain in the atmosphere?  Do extreme events such as heat waves and floods have  What is the cause of sea level rise?  How long does the carbon dioxide remain in the atmosphere?  How much in carbon emissions does the U.S. produce?

 Preserving the environment  Conserving energy  Providing for clean air and water  Developing alternative forms of power  Reducing our dependence on oil  Each stands on it’s own benefits. Let us join together to make them happen.

 Vote for those who demand action to fight climate  change  Tips on cutting energy use  Mobilization of renewable resources

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