https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange en-us 2016-10-28 12:26:55 UTC 2023-02-23 03:50:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133867757 - The burning of fossil fuels
-  Litter pollution
-  Industrialisation
-  Deforestation
- Overconsumption]]> 2016-10-28 12:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133867757 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133871731 2016-10-28 12:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133871731 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133871968 - Warmer climates
-  Signifiant changes to ecosystems
- More extreme weather
- Sea levels rising
- Endangered species]]> 2016-10-28 12:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133871968 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133873029 2016-10-28 12:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133873029 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133873471 Our usage of fossil fuels as means of energy is strongly affecting our environment, polluting the air and the ocean. By extracting carbon dioxide that has been excluded from the carbon cycle for several millennia,  we are introducing more carbon in the atmosphere than the cycle can handle. Thus, we disrupt the natural balance, causing the climate to alter.  ]]> 2016-10-28 12:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133873471 jullebulle931 https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133875109 We have a big problem when it comes to litter pollution. Litter consist of waste products that have been thrown away, without consent at a inappropriate location. Large objects like tires, electronics and batteries for example are sometimes dumped in isolated locations, such as forests and other public land. It is a human impact on the environment, and creates a huge problem for all of us. Litter can affect quality of life in the form of ruining the oceans and forests where animals live, but also for humans. One of the biggest littered items in the world are cigarette butts, with 4.5 trillion discarded annually. It can take five to 400 years for this to break down, which creates a huge amount of garbage.]]> 2016-10-28 13:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133875109 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133876885 After the inventions of several machines making production easier, society has moved forward in terms of industry. The following escalation of consumption matches the pace we've set for the production, meaning that we produce more merchandise than before. Not only does this cause pollution and an increased use of materials, but it also makes people move from villages and countrysides into the city in order to work. Leading cities to grow in order to sustain the growing level of inhabitants, and this again makes the usage of fossil fuels rise to meet these expectations. ]]> 2016-10-28 13:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/133876885 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134398002 The definition of overconsumption is a situation in which the usage og resources has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. This simply means that certain humans have taken natural resources in such abundance that if the rest of the world were to follow, the earth would be drained. But overconsumption doesn't only lead to lack of resources or changes in ecosystems, but also species extinction and an increased release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. Not only because the trees vanish, but because the level of production rises as a reaction to all the material.]]> 2016-11-01 07:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134398002 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134399754 With the exception on 1998, all the ten warmest years within the 134-year record have all occurred within the last millennial shift. And of these, 2015 ranks the warmest yet. Since 1884 the average global temperature has raised with almost a whole degree celsius. While this might not sound as very much, but if this temperature rises with only two degrees celsius, the polar ice will vanish.
http://climate.nasa.gov/]]> 2016-11-01 07:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134399754 jullebulle931 https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134399898 Deforestation is described as a clearance of a forest or stand of trees where the and is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in the tropical rainforest.Deforested regions typically incur significant adverse soil erosion and frequently degrade into wasteland. Deforestation occurs for multiple reasons: the trees are sold as fuel or land is cleared and used as pasture for livestock and plantation. Between 2000 and 2012, 2.3 million square kilometers were cut down. ]]> 2016-11-01 07:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134399898 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134404515 If, as mentioned, the average global temperature will rise with only two degrees celsius, water levels will rise to accommodate; with 6,1 meters. This means that for example Manhattan will be mostly under water, and almost all of Miami will become flooded. The sea levels have actually been rising at a rate of 0.36 centimeters each year since 1990. In fact, in 2012, the extent of the arctic ice was smaller than we have on satellite record. Thus thousands of coastal countries, such as Bangladesh, Netherlands, and several islands will find themselves under water.
"As seawater reaches farther inland, it can cause destructive erosion, flooding of wetlands, contamination of aquifers and agricultural soils, and lost habitat for fish, birds, and plants."  - National Geography]]> 2016-11-01 08:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134404515 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134404795 2016-11-01 08:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134404795 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134404943 2016-11-01 08:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134404943 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134405099 2016-11-01 08:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134405099 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134405321 2016-11-01 08:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/134405321 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135250124 One of the most certain consequences of the climate changes, are what it's going to do to the ecosystems. Because, by changing what used to be fundamental certainties in nature - such as global temperature and species diversity - the ecosystems that exist in it will alter. We see that for example bees and other pollinating species are declining, and only this slight change will cause monumental alterations to several ecosystems. As almost all components in one ecosystem is connected in one way or another, and many of these are again connected to other ecosystems. It's all one great tangle of connections. The changes in nature and the ecosystems within has a butterfly effect, and in the end, the carefully crafted recipe to the earth's climate, will fall and unravel.]]> 2016-11-03 21:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135250124 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135251519 2016-11-03 22:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135251519 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135251947 2016-11-03 22:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135251947 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135252049 One reason as to why climate change will cause more extreme weather is through the increase in heat, the heightening temperature will change the distribution of and thus the flow of the energy throughout the climate system. In turn this alters the circulation patterns of the atmosphere and the oceans and the distribution of water in air and the earth's surface. Eventually, this leads to the position and tracks of major storms shifting, leaving some areas more exposed to heavy rainfall or storms, other areas will experience droughts and prolonged heat waves. Meaning that most areas will encounter weather thy are not prepared to deal with. ]]> 2016-11-03 22:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135252049 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135252420 2016-11-03 22:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135252420 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135293878 2016-11-04 07:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135293878 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135302852 While all these problems are interconnected, none, perhaps, are as connected as the issues of deforestation, warmer climates, alterations in ecosystem and endangered species. The fact that the diversity in nature is disappearing has great consequences. Not only does this disrupt the natural course of evolution, but the fact that species are dying out causes ecosystems to falter. ]]> 2016-11-04 08:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135302852 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135303985 2016-11-04 08:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135303985 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135304084 2016-11-04 08:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135304084 lkmheineberg https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135319581 2016-11-04 10:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lkmheineberg/climatechange/wish/135319581