Why is All the ICE on Earth Melting by Amber Moinuddin https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2019-02-20 16:27:03 UTC 2025-08-08 01:41:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Why do people believe global warming is occurring on Earth? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333255309 The evidence is overwhelming. Record-breaking temperatures, humidity, and sea level rise, along with many other indicators, show that the Earth is warming fast, and that all the heat-trapping emissions we release into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels is changing our climate.]]> 2019-02-20 16:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333255309 2. Why are some people skeptical of global warming? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333255632 Their own experiences, so if it is cold where they live they don't believe global warming is thing. Trump also said that there is no real evidence and a lot people blindly support him. Many religious people simply do not believe in science and only believe in God. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333255632 3. Where is the fastest warming of Earth's atmosphere occurring? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333255927 The oceans ]]> 2019-02-20 16:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333255927 4. Compare global population numbers with rising carbon dioxide levels. Are they related? Explain. am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333256278 The population has been rising and so has the carbon dioxide levels. They are related because the more people there are on earth the more demand there will be for resources. For example, meat factories are horrible for the environment because of the amount of CO2 that is released and the production of meat will increase if the population increases. This goes for an resources like houses and buildings. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333256278 5. Are increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere safe for human existence? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333256648 Yes because  if you breathe high concentrations of carbon dioxide, you may be at risk for carbon dioxide intoxication or even carbon dioxide poisoning.]]> 2019-02-20 16:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333256648 6. What's an environmental refugee? What places will people flee from? Where will they go? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333257075 environmental migrants who were forced to flee "due to sudden or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to at least one of three impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and water scarcity." They will flee from places with these issues and will go to countries that will accept them. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333257075 7. Let's say after college you return to Lisle permanently for the rest of your life. We live in close proximity to the great lakes. In 50 years, would we be fleeing our area or accepting environmental refugees into our area? Explain. am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333257495 Probably accepting environmental refugees because we do not have a water problem in comparison to the southwest. Lake Michigan is not running out of water and we are not experiencing a drought like the Colorado River. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333257495 8.Does the gasoline that most cars need to operate and function contribute to the Earth's greenhouse effect? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333258823 Emissions from cars increase the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.]]> 2019-02-20 16:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333258823 9. How does an increasing consumption of and demand for meat in a human's diet relate to carbon emissions? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333259462 The meat processing factories use a lot of energy which is released into the air as CO2 which contributes to climate change. With an increased demand for meat, more of these factories will be built which will release more CO2 into the air. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333259462 10. How does an increasing consumption of and demand for fish in a human's diet relate to carbon emissions? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333259961 Fisheries consumed 40 billion liters of fuel in 2011 and generated a total of 179 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent GHGs (4% of global food production).]]> 2019-02-20 16:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333259961 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. am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333260568 The graphs look like hockey sticks. This is because humans have been using more greenhouse gasses than ever before.]]> 2019-02-20 16:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333260568 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? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333261442 They allow us to go back in time and to sample accumulation, air temperature and air chemistry from another time. Ice core records allow us to generate continuous reconstructions of past climate, going back at least 800,000 years. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333261442 13. How have sea levels fluctuated over the last several thousand years? Is this driven by natural circumstances or is this caused by human influence? In your opinion, why? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333262092 Over the past several years, sea levels have risen. In my opinion it is caused by human influence. Sea levels rise as the planet gets warmer, and humans have obviously contributed to global warming the most. First, warmer temperatures cause ice on land like glaciers and ice sheets to melt, and the meltwater flows into the ocean to increase sea level. Second, warm water expands and takes up more space than colder water, increasing the volume of water in the sea.


]]> 2019-02-20 16:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333262092 14. If the glaciers melt, where does most of the liquid (freshwater) go? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333262839 If glaciers melt, the liquid flows into the ocean which is not drinkable, ocean water cannot irrigate crops either because saltwater would kill the plants. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333262839 15. What is ocean acidification? How has this influenced our oceans over the last 100 years? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333264007 Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. As CO2 levels have rose more and more marine animals are dying which effects the marine ecosystems. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333264007 16. What are the sea surface temperatures (SST)? Think of Goldilocks and the three bears... are SSTs too hot, too cold, or are they just right? Explain. am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333264721 Sea surface temperature (SST) is the water temperature close to the ocean's surface.]]> 2019-02-20 16:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333264721 17. Why is there less heat escaping into space? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333266672 The Earth does not continue to get hotter and hotter as it absorbs energy from the sun, because it gives off energy to space as invisible infrared radiation.]]> 2019-02-20 16:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333266672 18. How does carbon dioxide trap infrared radiation on Earth? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333266854 CO2 molecules can vibrate in ways that simpler nitrogen and oxygen molecules cannot, which allows CO2 molecules to capture the IR photons. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333266854 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? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333267193 Clouds both reflect sunlight, which cools the Earth, and trap heat in the same way as greenhouse gases, thus warming the Earth. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333267193 20. How do El Nino weather patterns influence climate? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333268084 When different parts of the tropical ocean warm and cool and the pressure gradients shift, the atmospheric wind patterns also shift to alter precipitation patterns.]]> 2019-02-20 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333268084 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. am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333268575 I would characterize the weather patterns in the US during the last decade as very severe due to the natural disasters and shift in climate over short amounts of time. The fires in california, the hurricane season last year, and the polar vortex are all evidence. ]]> 2019-02-20 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333268575 22. Carbon dioxide has been associated with the warming of Earth. You have learned in bio 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? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333730636 a. Global warming deniers will use this as evidence against climate change because climate change is caused by the massive amounts of CO2 in the air, but if plants absorb CO2, global warming deniers can use this as evidence that it does not exist. 
b. No this does not support climate science research, because although it is true it really has nothing to do with climate change. 
c. Yes, I forgot about that. ]]> 2019-02-21 16:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333730636 23. Droughts and forest fires are on the rise all around the world. If there's no water for the plants to drink and survive, how can they effectively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333733221 Plants cannot survive without water, so they will not be able to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without it.

]]> 2019-02-21 16:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333733221 24. How does tree ring growth or lack of growth support or refute climate changes in the last 100 years? am20229 https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333734824 The bigger the ring the more rainfall there was that year, so in the last 100 years if tree rings are smaller it means that there is a drought. ]]> 2019-02-21 17:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/ht4k254ahm3f/wish/333734824