Climate change,

Does it matter?
Martin Hedberg meteorologist
Swedish Weather Center
 Learning Outcomes
At the end of this chapter, the students
should be able to:

1. Explain how climate change happen;

2. Provide pieces of evidence to affirm the
presence of climate change; and
3. Discuss the implications of climate
change.
CLIMATE CHANGE
WHAT?

WHEN?

HOW?

WHY?
 Weather
Short term changes in atmospheric variables such as temperature and rainfall.

Natures way of balancing forces in the atmosphere.

Climate
Long term state of atmospheric variables like rainfall and temperature

The average weather pattern over a longer period of time.

100 years
Climate change (Global Warming)
A significant change in weather patterns.

When you put it in the perspective of a longer period of

time you find it has happened many times before.

100 000 years

Global Climate System
 Energy radiates from
the earth surface Energy radiates from
the atmosphere

Greenhouse gases are

being warmed by the
Radiation from the radiation from earth
sun warms the
earth’s surface

Without
With
greenhouse gases:
+15
-18 degrees!
degrees!
 - Causes of Climate change -
External causes
 Solar activity
 Earths orbit
 Meteorites

Internal causes: Internal causes:

Natural Anthropogenic
 Feedback  Emissions of greenhouse
 Volcanic eruption gases
 Particles/clouds
 Ocean circulation
 Land change
 Greenhouse
gases
(has a warming effect)
Left in the atmosphere
for 100 years

Particles
(mostly a cooling effect)

Left in the atmosphere

for 1 week
 Greenhouse Gases
 Acts like a glass
 Its role is to trap infrared heat energy
trying to escape back to space.
 Includes water vapor,
carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide
and ozone.
Climate change is affecting
our lives
Ideström & Skinnarmo
 It’s getting warmer.

 More evaporation. And more rain.

 Sea-levels are rising, Glaciers are melting,

Extreme weather...

Plants and animals adapt, or disappear.

People and societies adapt.

 Humanity's large self-deception

”It’s just natural climate change”

”When we understand all the physics,

we can stop it”

”Somebody else has to lower their emissions”

Many small steps. They all add up.
Climate has…

Long braking distance

Climate has…
Domino effects
Climate has…
Many irreversible processes
YES Climate change
matters.
As usual.
We must change how we live
 More effective use of energy

 Renewable energy

 Capture carbon dioxide

from both bio-fuels and fossil fuels
As an example…
Community risks:
 Landslides and flooding from heavy precipitation
 Extreme droughts on crop production

Community response:
 Contour farming
 Re-forestation
 Fruit trees production
 Dry farming techniques
 Drip irrigation
 Climate has changed

Climate will continue to change

Climate demands change

Act Now!
REFERENCES:
1. Climate Change. Retrieved from:
ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/campaign/ppt/climat
echange.ppt

2. Climate Change and You. Retrieved from:

https://www.mona.uwi.edu/.../Climate
%20Change%20and%20You%20-
%206%20Thi...
 Activity: Triad
Group yourselves into three.
Each member in a group must be
of the same interest or field.
 In your own field of interest,
discuss how can you fight climate
change.
 Title: Climate Change. How can I help?
 Discussion should only be limited to 1-page
A4 size bond paper, Cambria font 11 with 1
½ spacing
 Names of the members should be written at
the bottom right part.
 Send to aasok@xu.edu.ph on April 19,
2018 at 10:00am.