powerpoint global warming/climate: the who and why

Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will to demand that which is good?…

How much CO2?

• "For each gallon of gas your car burns, it releases about 19 pounds of carbon dioxide.“

• Complete combustion of 1 short ton (2,000 pounds) of this coal will generate about 5,720 pounds (2.86 short tons) of carbon dioxide.

• Current number for the human-made CO2

pollution put into the air every year is?

40 billion tons

Cars………

• As of 2012, there are 1.1 billion automobiles on the earth, which is a 57% increase from the 700 million automobiles that were on earth's roads just 8 years earlier in 2004.

• By the year 2035……..1.7 Billion to 2 Billion

• REMEMBER: One gallon of gas equals 20 lbs. CO2

March 9th………2013

April 2014

• NOAA: Last Month Tied for Globe’s Hottest April• May 2014 Was the Hottest May in Recorded History• Driven by Ocean Heat, World Sets Mark for Hottest

June• July was Earth's 4th-hottest month on record• Global Oceans Break All-Time Heat Record; World on

Pace for Warmest Year Ever/Hottest August on record.

• Hottest September Ever Keeps Earth on Pace for Record Year

• Last Month Was The Warmest October On Record And The Fifth Record-Breaking Month Of 2014

The ocean is now warmer than ever before in recorded history

Feds shut down Maine shrimp seasonRising ocean temperatures blamed for shrimp decline

King Crabs Poised to Wipe Out Rare Antarctic Ecosystem of Invertebrates

Warming Gulf of Maine imperils lobster, fish catch

Australia adds new colour to temperature maps as heat soars

50 celsius = 122 Fahrenheit

Climate Change Threatens to Strip the Identity of Glacier National ParkGrinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park (1938 and 2009)

Muir Glacier Alaska 1891-2005

Upsala, Patagonia

Himalayan Glacier

Historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. The calving event lasted for 75 minutes and the glacier

retreated a full mile across a calving face three miles wide.

South glacier Washington

A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables