ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

PRESENTATION 2
CLIMATE CHANGE

Wally Wannall
COURSE: SCIE 301 – TERM: FALL, 2016
DATE: 24 SEPTEMBER, 2016
PROFESSOR Mark Scheuern
 GLOBAL WARMING
• WHAT IS IT?
• NATURAL OR MAN MADE?
• HAS IT HAPPENED BEFORE?
• WHAT IS OUR ROLE?

C/O tutufoundationusa.org C/O uswateralliance.org

 OZONE
• A PROBLEM EMERGES
• DEPLETION
• THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
• THE WORLD MOBILIZES
• RESULTS

C/O visibleearth.nasa.gov C/O houstoncleanairnetwork.com

 GREENHOUSE GASES

• WHAT ARE THEY

• WHY ARE THEY CALLED GREENHOUSE GASES
• NATURAL
• MAN-MADE

C/O ces.fau.edu C/O thehindu.com

 IT’S CHANGING, BUT HOW MUCH?
• SEA LEVEL RISE
• GLOBAL TEPERATURES RISE
• WARMING OCEANS
• SHRINKING ICE SHEETS AND ARCTIC SEA ICE
• GLACIAL RETREAT
• EXTREME EVENTS

C/O niu.edu C/O ti-films.com

 CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
• SUNS ENERGY LEVELS
• REFLECTIVITY OF EARTHS ATMOSPHERE AND
SURFACE
• THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

C/O science.howstuffworks.com C/O allianz.com

 IS IT TOO LATE?
• CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
• HANSEN PAPER
• EVERY DAY WE WAIT…
• CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL

C/O sites.psu.edu C/O geoengineering.weebly.com

 SUMMARY
• GLOBAL WARMING
• OZONE
• GREENHOUSE GASES
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• CAUSES

C/O ckea.ie
 CONCLUSION

OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING

THE OZONE LAYER HAS HOLES IN IT
THE PLANET IS GETTING WARMER

IT IS TIME TO GET SERIOUS

 REFERENCES
• CLIMATE.NASA.GOV
• WWW3.EPA.GO
• WWW.MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
• WWW.UCSUSA.ORG
• WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV

• WWW.IPCC.CH
• WWW.CIESIN.ORG
• VOLCANOES.USGS.GOV