1. Global Climate Change What is it? Why should we care? What can we do? ?

2. What is climate? Weather – short time, small area It’s raining here today. It’s been cold this week. Climate – long time, big area Alaska is cold and wet. The Sahara Desert is hot and dry.

3. Does Earth’s climate normally change?

4. Warmest Years Since 1890 1.2005 2.1998 3.2002 4.2003 5.2006 Our planet is warming up faster than it ever has before! NASA, 2007

5. What’s causing this super- fast warming? The Greenhouse Effect

6. Earth’s Changes Over Time TemperatureCarbon Dioxide Today

7. How does climate change affect people, plants, and animals?

8. Honeycomb Glacier, WA Arctic Melt

16. What can we do to reduce human effects on climate change?

20. Now it’s your turn! You understand climate change. You know the problems it can cause. You know ways to help. What are you waiting for!