The Environment And Globalization Adam Butterman, Matthew Tonge, and Riley Frankel
What is Climate change? ● Climate change refers to the change in the usual weather found in a specific area - eg changes in rainfall, or seasonal temperature in a specific area ● Climate change also occurs in the Earth's climate - this may include a change in Earth's usual temperature or changes regarding where rain and snowfall ● Climate is always changing - Historically there have been times where the climate has been warmer or cooler than it is now ● Don’t confuse climate change and weather change
So what is Global warming? ● Global warming refers to the changes in temperature which is typically attributed to the greenhouse effect - warming that results due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which traps heat radiating from Earth toward space. ● Global warming is often linked to everyday human activity such as industrial operations or driving our cars. Warming is also linked to the destruction of tropical forests. Such human activity has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by more than 20 percent in the past 100 years.
The impact of Global warming on Climate change ● Globalisation has had a significant impact on Global warming and therefore Climate change ● U.S. average temperature has increased by 1.3°F to 1.9°F since record keeping began in 1895; most of this increase has occurred since about 1970. The most recent decade was the nation’s warmest on record. ● Australia's annual-average daily maximum temperatures have increased by 0.8°C and the overnight minimum by more than 1.1°C. Since the 1950s, each decade has been warmer than the one before. ● Average temperatures around the world have risen since the late 1870s, when scientists began tracking them. The seven warmest years of the 20th century occurred in the 1980s and 1990s. This warming trend coincides with the boom of globalisation.
● The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 1.1 degrees Celsius (2.0 degrees Fahrenheit) since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions into the atmosphere ● Not only was 2016 the warmest year on record, but eight of the 12 months that make up the year — from January through September, with the exception of June — were the warmest on record for those respective months. ● Global sea level rose around 20cm (8 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last two decades, however, is nearly double that of the last century ● Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30 percent.
● The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, concluded there's a more than 95 percent probability that human activities over the past 50 years have warmed our planet. ● While Climate change may be natural, the development and application of Globalisation has significant accelerated the impacts of Global warming
Tracing Climate change and Globalisation No set definition or time period for the commencement of Globalisation 1961 (First appearance in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary) - - 1990’s (buzzword)
Other Impacts
Bonn, Germany
Fiji
UN Climate Change Conference - November 2017 Known as COP23 Heads of State and Government, Ministers, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres will be attending Bonn-Fiji Commitment pushes efforts to advance sustainable urban development November 6-17 in Bonn, Germany Presided over by the Government of Fiji The US Climate Action Center will participate, but not the US Government
Food - 1/4 of all global emissions comes from feeding the world population - Producing beef requires 28 times more land, 6 times more fertilizer and 11 times more water than producing pork or chicken. - Producing beef releases 5 times more greenhouse gases than a an equivalent amount of poultry
What Will Happen to the World?
A. The world will end. B. Everything will be under water and we live in a landless world. C. Nothing will happen, we will be fine.
The RIGHT Answer is...
Nobody Knows.
Predictions of Impact on Earth -Surface Temperature -Air Quality -Precipitation -Sea Level -Ocean
Surface Temperature -Follows the trend -Increase of 1-6 degrees Celsius -Warm months get warmer -Growing season becomes longer -Bad for some animals
Temperature Impact -Kills most cold blooded animals -Removes cold habitats -Coral reefs die out, disrupts foundation of Oceans’ habitats -Melts ice caps, no more polar bears -Floods world
Air -CO2 levels double, possibly triple -Ozone layer doesn’t exist -Overwhelming Greenhouse gas exposure
Air Impact -Green house gases flow with no ozone layer thus heating the world to non livable heights -Ocean attempts to rid atmosphere of CO2 and other gases -Ocean becomes acidic -Rain is acid rain -Aquatic animals are extinct -Water is undrinkable
Precipitation -Increase of rainfall by 3-5 percent -Not a big change -Near normal ranges of rain
Precipitation Impact -Rainfall is predicted to slightly increase -More rain dilutes the Ocean and reduces the salt levels which will severely hurt the aquatic life there -Also, as previously stated, the quality of rain could have big impacts with acid rain killing land and aquatic animals that rely on it as their primary drinking source
Sea Level -Drastic Increase -Nearly 500 meters
Sea Level Impact -Ruins beach-front homes -Many states would be completely emerged in water -States like California, which is 85 meters below sea level, will be erased
Ocean -Increased levels of acid in oceans -No coral reefs -Increased temperatures and rainfall thus causing low salt levels
Ocean Impact -No aquatic life -Humans lose a vital food source -Ocean becomes a vacant acidic pool -Can’t rid Earth of CO2 emissions thus allowing air qualities to worsen and become unlivable and cause more acid rain
What Will the World Look Like? -Under water -Acidic Oceans -Unbreathable air -No aquatic life
Solutions? -Fix the problem at hand and reduce climate change? -Move to the moon? -Prepare to live under water?
Last Question! What do you Think Will Happen? A. The world will end. B. Everything will be under water and we live in a landless world. C. Nothing will happen, we will be fine.
Thank You
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