Global Climate Change

• Description of climate, climate change and the reasons we should study it.
• Climate change is the change of global or regional climates. The reason we must study these changes is because even the slightest change in climate can cause massive problems
• Description of the changes in temperature on Earth.
• Over the past 30 years the global temperature has gone up .6 degrees celsius. This is a rate of change that has never been recorded before.
• Description of the relationship between temperature change and CO2 levels.
• There is a direct correlation between the two. This is observed because when the CO2 levels rise so does the temperature.
• Description of the the greenhouse effect.
• The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the sun's heat due to the presence of gasses which reflect the sun's heat back to the ground.
• Description of the role of humans in the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
• Because of our dependence on fossil fuels and our abundant pollution supply we create and release the gasses into the atmosphere which only further amplify the effects.
• Conclusions
• Climate change is a growing problem and there needs to be a global intervention before irreversible damage is caused