Climate Change Current Events - Blue by Karalyn Burke https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp en-us 2021-08-27 14:07:25 UTC 2024-11-21 11:49:06 UTC hello@padlet.com kburke80 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1700889864 High school students in Indiana are working with a state lawmaker to create a bill that addresses climate change issues.  Their group is called "Confront the Climate Crisis" and their goal are to help Indiana achieve carbon neutrality and address environmental racism.

Source: https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/youth-activists-to-craft-climate-legislation-with-state-senator

]]> 2021-08-27 14:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1700889864 Climate change https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705184481 Very hot temperatures have been happening in United States and Canada. It is creating aggravating droughts, it has been fueling wild fires, and creating many health conditions. Scientists say its a glimpse of what lies for us in the future.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/heat-wave-2021-climate-scientists-warn-new-normal-rcna1664]]> 2021-08-30 18:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705184481 Climate change https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705185645 Hurricanes Ida went from being a category 1 to a category 4 hurricane because of climate change. How you wonder, because when the hurricane went over the Golf of Mexico the warm ocean water made the hurricane get more energy. When a hurricane gets more energy it becomes a lot more dangerous and deadly like hurricane Ida did.

Source:
 https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032442544/how-climate-change-is-fueling-hurricanes-like-ida]]> 2021-08-30 18:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705185645 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705185829 Climate change in Indiana is causing the  coldwater fish to drop. “One of the other effects of climate change is that rainfall especially in the spring  tends to come in bigger batches, stronger rainstorms so you get more flooding and more runoff that means you get more nutrients coming off the land.”

source:
https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/purdue-climate-change-hurts-indiana-fish




]]> 2021-08-30 18:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705185829 Climate change is fueling hurricanes like ida.Climate change helped ida rapidly gain strength right before it made landfall. In about 24 hours, it jumped from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm as it moved over abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico. https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705187660 2021-08-30 18:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705187660 in parts of Afghanistan, temps have been higher than average. Meaning it has doubled and spring rains have declined and there are many droughts throughout Afghanistan. the hazards of Wars and climate change have been "colliding" punishing many people and us soilders. source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/climate/afghanistan-climate-taliban.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705188453 2021-08-30 18:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705188453 Flooding https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705190757 Last month Germany and Belgium had an extremely rare occasion, a 1-in-400 chance of the amount of rainfall they had, that caused a flood. This event is 1.2 to 9 times more likely to happen now after the heat trapping gases warmed the world.  Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/climate/germany-floods-climate-change.html ]]> 2021-08-30 18:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705190757 Rising Sea Level https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705193987 According to climate.gov, for the past 200 years the global mean sea level has risen around 8-9 inches. This is caused by several different ways including glaciers melting due to global warming. This threatens jobs across coastlines, risks lives, and creates damaging floods.

Source: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level]]> 2021-08-30 18:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705193987 Due to the climate change fueled drought in the west, Lake Mead, a river reservoir east to the Nevada and Arizona border, recorded its lowest water level since it was filled in the 1930s. Though a drought on Lake Mead was to be predicted with or without climate change, 25,000,000 people rely on its water. The last time Lake Mead was considered to be full was 2000. Farmers will be largely effected by water shortages, and some Native tribes across the river basin have been promised water they have yet to receive. If a certain amount of water isn't maintained, water will stop flowing into Lake Mead https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705194643 2021-08-30 18:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705194643 war in afghanistan https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705197763 the US is at war with afghanistan. over 241000 people died in afghanistan seance 2001.]]> 2021-08-30 18:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705197763 climate change https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705197888 The bootleg fire in Oregon caused by months of drought is the biggest wildfire of the year so far, that has already burned 340.000 square acres. this is just one of many wildfires burning around the world right now. these wildfires are so extreme that they can generate there own weather creating things such as "fire tornadoes" they are made the same way as a normal tornadoe but they are made of flames instead of just wind and air. ]]> 2021-08-30 18:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705197888 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705200427 the oceans were warming up causing the hurricane more power and possibly killing and injuring people and or animals]]> 2021-08-30 18:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705200427 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705201536 The chaparral fire started burning around noon on Saturday august 27th, and has burned around 1,400 acres of California country side. 150 fire fighters, 2 helicopters, 4 air tanks, and 23 engines are taking care of the blaze. The Caldor fire, which has been ravaging the country side east of Sacramento for around 2 weeks, is the states "number one priority".

source: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/29/weather/us-wildfires-update-sunday/index.html]]> 2021-08-30 18:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705201536 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705202562 Antarctica and Greenland are melting, the ice that is melting is causing the water level to rise. The water rising could do extreme amounts of damage to the ocean, Boston and shanghai. Scientists are still trying to figure out how long it's going to take for them  to be completely melted but have estimated that it would be done melting by 2100.



Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/antarctic-greenland-ice-melt-less-bad]]> 2021-08-30 18:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705202562 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705202711 In Colorado a called Lake Mead is drying up fast. The lake is a reservoir constructed by Hoover Dam. The river supplies water for 40 million people from Colorado to Nevada, California, Arizona and Mexico. The river has not been full since 1983 and has been getting lower and lower  on water since from the climate change.

]]> 2021-08-30 18:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705202711 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705205090 The climate change is getting so bad that this mid west city is trying to flee to a safer place because sea levels are rising and wildfires are spreading]]> 2021-08-30 18:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705205090 https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705207476 willed fires in California can be seen on NASA's MISR instrument. the wiled fires has scorched over 1 million acres of land. you can see the smoke from the cameras placed on the spacecraft the image on the left is showing how high the smoke is.]]> 2021-08-30 19:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705207476 Hurricane Ida climate change https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705209469 Hurricane Ida gets its power from the oceans warm water due to climate change. scientists say "its the poster child for climate change" with its 150mph winds. its the most powerful storm US has seen knocking down 120,000 homes and !.89 inches of rain in NY in the short time of one hour. since climate change is making the oceans hotter its making the storm more powerful. source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/29/how-climate-change-helped-make-hurricane-ida-one-louisianas-worst/]]> 2021-08-30 19:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705209469 Afghanistan climate https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705364120      In Afghanistan droughts are more constant in parts of the country, like how there is a dry spell in the north and west right now, the second time in three years. The last time there was a drought it left people in need of aid, it left four million people without food and it even forced 371,000 out of their homes the lasts drought was in 2018. Because of droughts and flooding its made it very hard for farmers and herders to do their  jobs. Afghanistan as warmed two times as much as the global average, so if climate change keeps going at this rate who knows what Afghanistan will look like in the future.


]]> 2021-08-30 21:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1705364120 Sea Level https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1706026257 The seas has risen over the couple of decades. The sea levels has risen 8-9 inches since 1880. The sea levels have risen more faster. It has risen over 0.6 inches per year through out most of the twentieth century , to o.14 inches per year 2006-2015. ]]> 2021-08-31 03:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kburke80/p9tpexu9kobs6ukp/wish/1706026257