Why is All the ICE on Earth Melting? by Rina Ya https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o Made with a little mischief en-us 2019-02-14 16:18:12 UTC 2025-08-09 01:44:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Why do people believe global warming is occuring on Earth? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331374526 Because the world temperature, the carbon dioxide, sea level is increasing.]]> 2019-02-14 16:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331374526 2. Why are some people skeptical of global warming? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331377778 Because some scientists say that the global warming was happened in the past. Also they say the climate change is not concerned with the global warming.]]> 2019-02-14 16:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331377778 3. Where is the fastest warming of Earth's atmosphere occurring? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331378148 Arctic is. The temperature rise occurs twice as fast as all the other area in the world. Also as the temperature rises, the ice in the Arctic is melting.]]> 2019-02-14 16:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331378148 4. Compare global warming population numbers with rising carbon dioxide levels. Are they related? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331378628 Yes they are because carbon dioxide is an important heat-trapping gas. ]]> 2019-02-14 16:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331378628 5. Are increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere safe for human existence? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331379251 No. It makes human sick, breathing difficulty, and so on.]]> 2019-02-14 16:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/331379251 6. What's an environmental refugee? What places will people free from? Where will they go? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332745683 Environmental refugees are the people who moves to the place where they can live more comfortable than before. ]]> 2019-02-19 15:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332745683 7. Let's say after college you return to Lisle permanently for the rest of your life. We live in close environmental refugees into our area? Explain. ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332746964 It could be because Lisle is much warmer than Wisconsin or Canada. The temperature difference between summer and winter is terribly big. But it is much better than always cold in the whole year.]]> 2019-02-19 15:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332746964 8. Does the gasoline that most cars need to operate and function contribute to the Earth's greenhouse effect? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332754213 Yes, it does. Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. The largest sources of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions include passenger cars and light-duty trucks, including sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and minivans.]]> 2019-02-19 15:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332754213 9. how does a increasing consumption of and demand for meat in a human's diet relate to carbon emissions? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332755518  more than 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from food production, especially cows.]]> 2019-02-19 15:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332755518 10.How does an increasing consumption of and demand for fish in a human's diet relate to carbon emissions? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332759234 seafood has a smaller carbon footprint than other animal proteins, but even among seafood, fish and shellfish can have varying impacts.]]> 2019-02-19 16:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332759234 11. Find a graphic of human-influenced carbon dioxide emissions and the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. Do the graphs you found look like hockey sticks? Explain. ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332759439 Yes, they do. Both of the graphs are going up together.
(This picture is from https://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-increase-is-natural-not-human-caused.htm)]]> 2019-02-19 16:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332759439 12. What can ice cores tell us about the history of Earth's climate over time? How far back in time can ice cores provide information? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332760338 Scientists will tell us that ice cores offer direct climate information. Ice cores are a sample of layers of snow and ice that have collected over a period of a series of years that offers a continuous record of events and conditions. Falling snow captures the atmosphere through which it travels, collecting the chemistry, particles and compounds that are present - these include bits of dust, trace metals, or radioactivity.
Ice cores can go back to si million years ago.]]> 2019-02-19 16:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332760338 13. How have sea levels fluctuated over the last several thousand years? ls this driven by natural circumstances or is this caused by human influence. In your opinion, why? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332760747 The two major causes of global sea level rise are thermal expansion caused by warming of the ocean (since water expands as it warms) and increased melting of land-based ice, such as glaciers and ice sheets. The oceans are absorbing more than 90 percent of the increased atmospheric heat associated with emissions from human activity. 
In my opinion, this is because of human activities. People use a lot of chemical things which is not good for the Earth at all.]]> 2019-02-19 16:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332760747 14.If the glaciers melt, where does most of that liquid (freshwater) go? (ls ocean water drinkable?Can ocean water be used to irrigate crops for 7 billion Earthlings?) ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332760975 The water turns into the river through the ice. 
We cannot drink ocean water. Also ocean water cannot be used for farms because it is salty.]]> 2019-02-19 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332760975 15. What is ocean acidification? How has this influenced our oceans over the last 100 years? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332761229 CO2 makes ocean more acidic.]]> 2019-02-19 16:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332761229 16.What are sea surface temperatures (SST)? Think of Goldilocks and the Three Bears...are SSTs too hot, too cold, or are they just right? Explain. ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332762369 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is a measure of the energy due to the motion of molecules at the top layer of the ocean.
Too hot because they have been rising.
Sea surface temperature increased during the 20th century and continues to rise. From 1901 through 2015, temperature rose at an average rate of 0.13°F per decade (see Figure 1).]]> 2019-02-19 16:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332762369 17. Why is there less heat escaping into space? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332762781 Because greenhouse gases cover the Earth so the heat cannot escape.]]> 2019-02-19 16:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332762781 18. How does carbon dioxide trap infrared radiation on Earth? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332762945 CO2 absorbs radiations and sends it out.]]> 2019-02-19 16:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332762945 19. Clouds (water vapor) are considered a greenhouse gas. How can cloud coverage both complicate the heating of Earth and also help alleviate the heating of Earth? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763121 Clouds cool Earth's surface by reflecting incoming sunlight. Clouds warm Earth's surface by absorbing heat emitted from the surface and re-radiating it back down toward the surface. Clouds warm or cool Earth's atmosphere by absorbing heat emitted from the surface and radiating it to space.]]> 2019-02-19 16:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763121 20. How do El Nino weather patterns influence climate? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763253 EI Nino is the warm phase of the phenomena. it is caused by variations in sea surface temperatures.]]> 2019-02-19 16:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763253 21. Think of Goldilocks and the Three Bears again. How would you characterize the weather patterns of the United States in the last decade from 2008 - 2018? Very severe weather patterns, very weak weather patterns, or consistently average weather patterns. Consider hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, flooding events, and droughts. Support with evidence ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763505 There were still many tornadoes and so on but they were not either good or bad.]]> 2019-02-19 16:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763505 22.Carbon dioxide has been associated with the warming of Earth. You have learned in Biology class that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is taken out of the air by plants and trees through photosynthesis and replaced with breathable oxygen. a. Does this statement support global warming deniers? Explain. b. Does this statement support climate science research? Explain. c. Does your answer change when you consider deforestation and increased demand for paper and housing? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763784 a. Yes, it does. Because simply the global warming will stop if the amount of carbon dioxide decreases.
b. Yes, it does. Because the plants are definitely related to the climate and the global warming.
c. My opinion is still the same that we have to save as many plants as possible. In order to do this, we should plant in the vacant lot.]]> 2019-02-19 16:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332763784 23. Droughts and forest fires are on the rise all around the world. lf there's no water for the plants to drink and survive, how can they effectively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332764108 There is no way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere because the plants definitely need water to live.]]> 2019-02-19 16:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332764108 24.How does tree ring growth or lack of growth support or refute climate changes in the last 100 years? ry19288 https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332764399 Each tree ring tells us what in climate happens in each year. We can figure it out by their color, some tiny spaces, and so on.]]> 2019-02-19 16:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/b9cqlj91fk5o/wish/332764399