1. Understanding my role in climate change and how it affects me

2.  "Global warming" describes an average temperature increase of the Earth over time.  "Climate change" describes how weather patterns will be affected around the globe.  (includes temperature and how that impacts the water cycle (ice melt, precipitation, and their impact on weather patterns)  - NC State University

3. How is Wisconsin’s Climate Changing? Wisconsin’s Changing Climate Wisconsin:  Then  Now  In the future

4.  How is Wisconsin’s average temperature changing? How is Wisconsin’s average temperature changing?  How can that impact our lives, our economy?  Birkebeiner Birkebeiner  Ice Fishing Ice Fishing  Fly Fishing Fly Fishing  Great Lakes Shipping Great Lakes Shipping

5.  Human Activity  Natural Causes  Ocean currents  Earth’s tilt  Earth’s orbit  Volcanic Eruptions

6. All living things on Earth have carbon in them Carbon combines easily with other elements to form new compounds  Remember this cycle: Source: Buzzle.com

7. Source: NASA Climate Kids

8.  When fossil fuels burn, we mostly get three things: heat, water, and CO 2.  We also get some solid forms of carbon, like soot and grease.  All that carbon stored in all those plants and animals over hundreds of millions of years is getting pumped back into the atmosphere over just one or two hundred years  Source: NASA Climate Kids

9.  Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas – so it helps trap heat close to Earth So, its good….up to a point. National Geographic: Worldwide Carbon Dioxide Emissions Map Unit converter 1000 tonnes (metric ton) = 2,204,623 pounds

10.  Greenhouse gases are made out of:  Water vapor  Carbon dioxide  Methane (CH4) – Found in animal waste & production in digestion, emitted from landfills as waste breaks down, emitted when natural gas and oil are burned

11.  Nitrous oxide – (Nitrogen cycle) – emitted through agriculture, industrial process, wastewater management and fossil fuel consumption

12.  Ozone -- Ozone - (ground level) - Formed when nitrogen oxides and VOC (volatile organic compounds) react in the presence of sunlight  Eg. VOC - Emissions from industries, electric utilities, motor vehicles, and chemical solvents  Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - used to be used in aerosols, refrigerators, air conditioners, they are a VOC

13. HOW WILL IT AFFECT US?  Farming Farming  Phenology Phenology  Forestry Forestry  Adaptation and Mitigation Adaptation and Mitigation GREENHOUSE GAS CALCULATOR  Play the game to have a successful farm, while reducing greenhouse gasesgame

14. What’s this greenhouse effect?  National Geographic: Likely Scenarios if Climate Change Continues Brainpop Video: Greenhouse Effect National Geographic: The Greenhouse Effect

15. Carbon footprint The amount of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, emitted into the atmosphere by a person, company, country, etc activities. What can I do to reduce carbon footprint?