powerpoint global warming/climate: the who and why
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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