https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz By Logan Arteaga en-us 2021-06-14 05:39:13 UTC 2021-06-14 09:12:43 UTC hello@padlet.com larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604370598 What's a contemporary issue? A contemporary issue is an issue that is currently affecting people or places that has been unresolved to the current day. One major contemporary issue that has been affecting us deeply as a planet over the past hundred years is Global Climate Change. Global climate change is a very serious issue that is affecting the future health and safety of our planet. There are many attributes that cause climate change, but majority of it is caused by natural causes and Anthropogenic causes. We need to come together to save and protect our planet.]]> 2021-06-14 05:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604370598 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604371333 In the contemporary issue known as, Climate Change, the term climate means the certain weather of a region or place over the course of many years. Climate change is when the climate of a region changes significantly compared to the regular everyday weather within that area. This happens when the conditions become hotter, colder, wetter, or drier throughout the years. Today Scientists have the technology and resources to track how the Earth is being affected by Climate Change. They use resources such as Earth-orbiting satellites, remote meteorological stations, ocean buoys, and the most important resource they have which is Paleoclimatology data. Paleoclimatology data is information that is gathered from natural resources that go back to hundreds of millions of years ago allowing us to get a grasp and better understanding for how Climate change had affected the planet over time.]]> 2021-06-14 05:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604371333 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604373010 Natural causes have been around since before we were even on this planet. The Earth has gone through multiple hot and cool periods through its history as we know, so this isn't new information to us. These Natural causes are a very small portion of the causes of climate change in recent era and have little to no affect to the planet alone. ]]> 2021-06-14 05:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604373010 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604373181 Anthropogenic Causes are the leading causes towards Climate Change. More specifically Greenhouse Gases have skyrocketed over the past century from humans. greenhouse gases are used to heat the atmosphere, but when they are the height at which they are in recent years it is not safe nor heathy for our planets future. ]]> 2021-06-14 05:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604373181 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604374722 2021-06-14 05:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604374722 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604387971 2021-06-14 05:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604387971 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604498644 2021-06-14 06:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604498644 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604505637 The Sun has a major impact for life on Earth, without it we wouldn't be able to live. Over recent years since the mid-20th century the Suns intensity has slowly begun to affect Earths climate increasing little by little over the years. Earth has a history of affecting the Earths climate from its intensity giving us events like the Ice Age. It affects us today by heating the Earth more than ever because the Earths O-zone layer s getting weaker. ]]> 2021-06-14 07:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604505637 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604505875 Volcanos can impact climate change. It promotes both global cooling and global warming in the atmosphere. When volcanoes have major eruptions they release huge amounts of volcanic gas, ash, and aerosol droplets into the atmosphere. A gas that is released from volcanos called sulfur dioxide is a gas that when in the atmosphere can cause global cooling, and a greenhouse gas from volcanoes called carbon dioxide is a gas that can cause global warming. ]]> 2021-06-14 07:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604505875 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604506184 Greenhouse gases are one of the driving factors for global warming which affects climate change. Greenhouse gases are released into the Atmosphere mostly by humans through pollution, but is also caused by volcanic eruptions, plants, and water vapor from oceans.]]> 2021-06-14 07:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604506184 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604532249 2021-06-14 07:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604532249 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604544967 2021-06-14 07:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604544967 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604551483 2021-06-14 07:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604551483 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604556158 Fossil fuels are sources of energy used by humans such as oil, coal, and gas. When we use and burn these resource they release a great amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon contains heat in the atmosphere making it much hotter and the more we release the hotter the planet will get making climate change worse.]]> 2021-06-14 07:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604556158 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604556426 Deforestation is when a wide area of woods are cleared and destroyed. The issue with this is that with plants and trees they store carbon dioxide within them and use it to grow over time. When they are destroyed in large amounts like deforestation large amounts of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. This leads to the increase of heat in the atmosphere affecting climate change. ]]> 2021-06-14 07:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604556426 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604557119 Intensive Agriculture plays a role in the greenhouse has issue in our world today. It does so because on farms there is a lot of methane and nitrous oxide released into the air which are two of the most influential greenhouse gasses behind carbon dioxide in global warming. They are used for livestock and crops on the farm and are also released from both into the atmosphere.]]> 2021-06-14 07:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604557119 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604632883 2021-06-14 08:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604632883 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604636403 2021-06-14 08:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604636403 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604643003 2021-06-14 08:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604643003 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604649580 2021-06-14 08:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604649580 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604650190 Lets say that we didn't act on climate change and we just "let it slide", where would we be in the future? many scientists say that overtime the heat will be so hot that it will cause heat waves never felt before all across the world affecting 2.7 billion or more people. 
After a good amount of years there would be a smog from the air pollution collected in the atmosphere over time causing people to wear masks and even tear up from the the dirty air in their eyes. Forest fires would increase significantly across the world due to the dry and hot weather. Many islands and small countries will be flooded due to the ice caps melting and rise in sea level. Crops would dry out out and die making starvation a leading issue for humans. I believe that it is safe to say that climate change is a very VERY serious issue that we should not overlook whatsoever because we could lose the beautiful world we live on today. ]]> 2021-06-14 08:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604650190 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604662765 2021-06-14 08:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604662765 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604664683 Many nations today are working together with one another to start the fight against Climate Change and global warming. Their main focus is the biggest enemy we face today which is Carbon Dioxide. Its been being used in our everyday lives for the past century and longer. Carbon Dioxide is released into the atmosphere when we use power for our homes, cars, and even phones. ]]> 2021-06-14 08:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604664683 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604669979 When you see your family or friends educate them on the struggles our planet is facing and how they can help. Believe it or not there are many people who are unaware about this topic and that's one of the biggest struggles out there today. Our planet needs everybody’s help to save it. ]]> 2021-06-14 09:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604669979 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604672929 Many countries, States, and Towns are starting to use renewable energy. This is energy that is takin from natural sources like the sun or the wind and saved up so that it can be used to do things like power your home or even your car.]]> 2021-06-14 09:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604672929 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604677068 Using water in your home or anywhere uses a lot of energy. when you take a shower think about all the functions your house uses to heat, pump, and treat the water you use. Over time it all adds up and if you find ways to take shorter showers or turn off the faucet when brushing our teeth you can impact the cause. ]]> 2021-06-14 09:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604677068 larteaga10 https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604682862 2021-06-14 09:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/larteaga10/zmr1yli5z69b45yz/wish/1604682862