Why is all the ice on earth melting? by Anthony Ra https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls Made with a curious mind en-us 2019-02-19 15:40:06 UTC 2025-08-08 01:42:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Why do people believe global warming is occurring on earth? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/332742199 There is ice melting rapidly and according to NASA 'The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.9 degrees Celsius) since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions"]]> 2019-02-19 15:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/332742199 2. Why are some people skeptical of global warming? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/332749252 the rising sea levels may not have anything to do with climate change at all .Global sea level rise is simultaneously one of the most certain and uncertain impacts of climate change.]]> 2019-02-19 15:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/332749252 3. Where is the fastest warming of the earths atmosphere occurring? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/332756484 I believe that the great barrier reef in australia because the coral mortality rate is above 50 percent.]]> 2019-02-19 16:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/332756484 4. Global population increase and carbon dioxide increase ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333225126 climate disruption due to the buildup of human-generated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. People around the world are beginning to address the problem by reducing their carbon footprint through less consumption and better technology]]> 2019-02-20 15:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333225126 5. Are increasing levels of carbon dioxide safe for human existence? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333225590 No, people may begin to experience headaches, sleepiness, and stagnant, stale, stuffy air which is unsafe for humans]]> 2019-02-20 15:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333225590 6. Whats an environmental refugee?What places will people flee from?Where will they go? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333227171 Climate refugees or climate migrants are a subset ofenvironmental migrants who were forced to flee "due to sudden or gradual alterations in the naturalenvironment related to at least one of three impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and water scarcity."]]> 2019-02-20 15:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333227171 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. ln 50 years, would we be fleeing our area or acceptingenvironmental refugees into our area? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333229187 I believe we will be accepting environmental refugees into our area because the climate will begin to change more south and north of us.]]> 2019-02-20 15:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333229187 8. Does the gasoline that most cars need to operate and function contribute to the Earth'sgreenhouse effect? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333230377 Yes, 28 percent of all greenhouse gases in the earths atmosphere come from transportation.]]> 2019-02-20 15:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333230377 9. How does an increasing consumption of and demand for meat in a human's diet relate tocarbon emissions? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333234303  reducing heavy red meat consumption — primarily beef and lamb — would lead to a per capita food and land use-related greenhouse gas emissions reduction of between 15 and 35 percent by 2050. ]]> 2019-02-20 15:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/333234303 11. Find a graphic of human-influenced carbon dioxide emissions and tlie atmosphericconcentration of carbon dioxide. Do the graphs you found look like hockey sticks? Explain. ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334184102 yes they do look like hockey sticks because the carbon emissions have increased significantly in the last decade ]]> 2019-02-22 15:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334184102 12. What can ice cores tell us about the history of Earth's climate over time? How far back in timecan ice cores provide information? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334186365 they can provide us with lots of information about earths climate over time due to the gases within them.]]> 2019-02-22 15:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334186365 13. How have sea levels fluctuated over the last several thousand years? ls this driven by naturalcircumstances or is this caused by human influence. ln your opinion, why? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334190293 In the last several thousand years the sea level has not changed that much but in the recent century the sea level has risen several inches.]]> 2019-02-22 15:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334190293 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?) ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334191816 The main way Russell loses ice is surface melting. Some of the resulting water runs off the glacier into nearby lakes and streams. Some drains into cracks and channels in the ice, where it can refreeze or flow to subglacial streams and lakes that feed into the sea]]> 2019-02-22 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334191816 15. What is ocean acidification? How has this influenced our oceans over the last 100 years? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334192511 It is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans , caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide. It has decreased rapidly due to the carbon emissions from the industrial revolution]]> 2019-02-22 15:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334192511 16. What are sea surface temperatures (SST)? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334193410 Sea surface temperature is the water temperature close to the ocean's surface]]> 2019-02-22 15:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334193410 17. Why is there less heat escaping into space? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334193956 the surface of the earth is absorbing most of the suns heat but it gives infrared radiation to space]]> 2019-02-22 16:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334193956 18. How does carbon dioxide trap infrared radiation on Earth? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334195040 CO2 molecules canvibrate in ways that simpler nitrogen and oxygen molecules cannot, which allows CO2 molecules to capture the IR photons. Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect play an important role in Earth's climate]]> 2019-02-22 16:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334195040 19. How can cloud coverage bothcomplicate the heating of Earth and also help alleviate the heating of Earth? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334196405 A cloud free earth would absorb 20 percent more heat than it currently does.]]> 2019-02-22 16:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334196405 20. How do El Nino weather patterns influence climate? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334197503 They influence climate by 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]]> 2019-02-22 16:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334197503 21. Think of Goldilocks and the Three Bears again. How would you characterize the weatherpatterns of the United States in the last decade from 2008 - 2018? Very severe weatherpatterns, very weak weather patterns, or consistently average weather patterns. Considerhurricanes, tornados, thunderstorms, flooding events, and droughts. Support with evidence ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334199182 I believe that the weather in the U.S has fluctuated significantly. There have been floods in the south and midwest, along with droughts in the west, there has not been really evident events that make climate change believable. ]]> 2019-02-22 16:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334199182 22.Carbon dioxide has been associated with the warming of Earth. You have learned in Biologyclass that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is taken out of the air by plants and trees throughphotosynthesis and replaced with breathable oxygen. ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334201291 This statement does not support global warming deniers because it has nothing to do with climate yet oxygen. This can support science climate research because of how much of the carbon is actually being taken out of the air by plants. It does not change my thoughts on deforestation.]]> 2019-02-22 16:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334201291 23. Droughts and forest fires are on the rise all around the world. lf there's no water for the plantsto drink and survive, how can they effectively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?. ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334202338 They don't because they would die due to their no water therefore the air would be bad]]> 2019-02-22 16:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334202338 24. How does tree ring growth or lack of growth support or refute climate changes in the last 100years? ar20167 https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334203657 We can tell by the wideness of them how warm/ wed or cold/ dry that year has been]]> 2019-02-22 16:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/snb7q74jp9ls/wish/334203657