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Climate and Climate Change Chapter 21

21.1 What is Climate long-term weather patterns based upon temperatures and precipitation average temperature alone does not describe a climate requires how weather varies through out the year average precipitation does not necessarily describe the climate precipitation numbers must be broken down by seasons

Climate description includes the following characteristics: summer temperatures winter temperatures amount of precipitation by seasons type of precipitation sunlight winds direction speed steadiness occurrence of severe weather

Climate controls

21.2 Climate Zones a location has a distinctive climate is base upon the climate controls to help understand different climates around the world they have been classified by their similarities

21.3 Climate Change Earth’s climate is constantly changing minor heat budget changes can trigger climate change global mean temperatures during the last ice age were only 5OC cooler than today local temperatures show greater variation

Causes of Climate Change Climate depends on the heat budget changes can cause warming or cooling of the global and local climates Changes in climate controls can cause both global and local climate changes

Think, Pair, Share What things can effect Earth’s heat budget? What can cause climate controls to change?

Causes of Climate Change Earth’s motion effects intensity of the seasons shape of Earth’s orbit varies with a period of 100,000 years tilt of Earth’s axis varies between 22.1O and 24.5O with a period of 41,000 years Earth’s axis of rotation precesses (wobbles) with a period of 23,000 years Plate Tectonics – continents have not always been where the are today changes in position affect wind patterns ocean currents albedo global temperatures (continents closer to the poles the temperature differences increase)

Causes of Climate Change Sunspots Earth’s temperature may change due to the number of sunspots increase in sunspots, the sun energy given off increases decrease in sunspots, the sun energy given off decreases Volcanoes dust and sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere can stay suspended for several years suspended particles can reflect sunlight back to space resulting in a decrease of Earth’s temperatures

Human Effect on Climate CO2 concentrations have increased since the 1800s due to deforestation burning and decomposing trees release CO2 into the atmosphere reduces the number of trees available to remove CO2 burning of fossil fuels Earth is currently experiencing a warming trend Scientists are trying to determine the rate and if it will continue to warm through the use of climate models and the studying of past climate changes Climate models are complex and must consider many factors, those described so far and effects of oceans changes in greenhouse gases effects of different cloud types on sunlight at different elevations

Think, Pair, Share Based on what you have learned so far in meteorology and oceanography how do scientists know about past climate changes?

Measuring Climate Change past climate change evidence: must use indirect evidence sea-floor sediments type and amount of microorganisms can give info on surface temperatures and changes over time ratio of oxygen isotopes can indicate when there were periods of glaciation and no glaciation glacier samples Ratio of oxygen isotopes can indicate whether the snow fell during a warm period or cold period tree rings thickness of tree rings (growth rings) can indicate temperature and precipitation during the year it formed tree rings indicate climate changes during a tree’s life

Measuring Climate Change Other indirect evidence: Soil layers Fossils Pollen Corals Fish bones Stalactites Historical documents Various geological features such as hardened sand dunes and glacial sediments