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Climate Change Climate Change High School Level: 10-12 Overview of content Overview of content Weather vs. Climate: whats the difference? What do we know about climate change? Earths climate history Human influence on

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Climate Change Climate Change

High School Level: 10-12

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Overview of content Overview of content

 Weather vs. Climate: what’s the difference?  What do we know about climate change?  Earth’s climate history  Human influence on climate  Discussion

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  • 1. WEATHER VS. CLIMATE
  • 1. WEATHER VS. CLIMATE

What’s the difference?

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What is weather? What is weather?

 Weather is what we experience every day  NWS: Iowa City, Iowa

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What is climate? What is climate?

 What makes climate different from weather?  How would you describe the climate for…

  • A desert?
  • A rainforest?

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Try this: Try this:

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Summary Summary

 Weather is what we experience day-to-day

  • It can vary a lot

 Climate is a long-term average

  • It represents what is typical for a region

 Climate change is a big deal!

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  • 2. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
  • 2. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT

CLIMATE CHANGE? CLIMATE CHANGE?

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Who is the climate change Who is the climate change authority? authority?

 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or, IPCC for short)  Combines all scientific information on climate change

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Where does data come from? Where does data come from?

 Observing weather from weather stations

  • Only goes back about

100 years

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Solar panels Solar panels

 Harnesses the energy from the sun  Technology of solar panels continue to improve  Equipped with battery storage

  • Have electricity for

night time and cloudy days

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Wind power Wind power

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Biodiesel and Ethanol Biodiesel and Ethanol

 Ethanol from:

  • Corn, sugar cane,

sugar beets, potatoes

 Biodiesel from:

  • Waste cooking oil,

soybeans, canola

 Cars are already able to run on ethanol and biodiesel.

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  • 7. DISCUSSION
  • 7. DISCUSSION

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For more information… For more information…

 IPCC  NOAA  NWS

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