Understanding Climate Change

Entitled Americans: How our Excessive Food Waste Contributes to Climate Change Briana Clementz Denver South high school Spring 2017  Abstract How large of an impact does the food we waste have on the environment? Or better yet, how much food do we actually waste annually? According to Ira Flatow of NPR, we waste approximately 33 million tons of food in the United States every single year. By using scientific and argumentative resources, I was able to research just how large of an impact…

correlation between the increase in carbon dioxide levels and an increase in the temperature ofthe earth. As a result, warmest years since 1992 have been experienced in recent years according to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ear th is getting war mer . The changes ar e small, so far , but…

The aspect of “global change” has become a very recognizable issue. People all over the world have become aware of the many issues contributing to the planet’s decline and unsustainable future. These environmental changes are continuously being researched and addressed, but no one really understands the extreme effects of this global change. The most vulnerable concept is the change in climate. The ATEAM project conducted by M.J. Metzger, M.D.A. Rounsevell, L. Acosta-Michlik, R. Leemans and D.…

Variance-component module program MARK to estimate variation in survival. Climate data was collected by using PRISM maps for monthly minimum and maximum temperatures and also seasonal data was collected from GIS, NCDC. Scientists have applied Palmer drought severity index to assess moisture levels during the season. To assess region wise climate patterns, SOI and PDO were used(Glenn.E et al. 2011). Authors studied the effect of climate change on wintering distribution of endangered migratory…

other related phenomena are responsible for the extinction of many species of flora fauna, an unprecedented decline in human and animal food sources and increase in devastation by natural disasters. Knowing exactly what global warming is helps understanding how it is able to cause extinction of flora, decline in food sources, and increase in devastation by natural disasters. Global warming is an increase in earth’s atmospheric temperature and this rise in temperature is caused by the greenhouse…

The factors that brought about the collapse of the Easter Islander civilization were, overharvesting, deforestation by its inhabitants, habitat destruction, human environmental impacts, overlooking climate change, human population growth and problems with soil, such as “lessening fertility, attrition and increasing salt content” (Frantz). Easter Island is the "strongest example of a society that demolished itself by desecrating its own resources” (Frantz). Overharvesting damaged Ester Islanders…

sediment build-up which will have a negative effect on most of the fresh water organisms living in these fresh water ecosystems. The most unique characteristic of an estuary is the mixing of salt and fresh water. If rainfall and flooding patters were to change it would have a huge impact on estuarine and other coastal habitats. The fresh water flow for these habitats are determined by the size, timing and variability of rain events. Nutrients, soils and pollutants will end up in these…

Meghan Gallimore Professor Williamson English 110 6 November 2015 Is climate change man-made? Americans make up four percent of the world 's population, we produce twenty-five percent of the carbon dioxide or CO2, pollution from fossil-fuel burning, which is by far the largest share of any country noted. Global warming is the average and rising of the earth 's temperature on the surface. Earth 's average temperature is increasing at a significantly higher rate and is proven to be because of…

evolutionary processes and responses to stimuli to predict how organism neuroendocrine pathways might respond to climate change. Climate change is predicted to alter seasons, lunar cycles, and overall temperature. Changes in these environmental signals could possibly disrupt the life cycle (Wingfield, 2015) as access to food and shelter is disrupted and the number of storms and predators change. Environmental signals determine when hormones are activated or deactivated and can cause shifts in…

There are many different things to take into consideration when assessing sea level rise. Sea level rise is due to climate change. The two main factors that cause sea level to rise are the melting of land ice and thermal expansion. Low lying areas such as the Matanzas River Basin will continue to feel the effects of climate change. Other factors will continue to play roles, such as wetland management and human development. Creekside festival will be a great chance for us to reach out to the…