Lab How does climate change work: Video How to fight with people about climate science More common events are more severe Need to understand the causes 2010-2020 hottest decade ever 2020- the largest number of mega fires Multi-year droughts leave a significant increase in the ignition of these fires Used to be more spread out, and now they’re annual Global average temperature has changed by 1 degree since the 80s What's driving this rise? Intensity of solar radiation Decomposition of Earth's atmosphere Some of the energy is absorbed into the ground, and the rest is reflected to the atmosphere and creates a blanket that warms the Earth CO2 is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere Alberto 1958 - 315 MMP Came to a peak and then came down again CO2 overall was rising Now is a better time than ever to make major changes For every million parts of air, there were 315 parts, but now, 421 parts are carbon dioxide. Inside of each of the ice core...
Lab: This week in lab we worked to look at some data from different articles while also conducting our own research to prove that climate change is happening. My group read the article from Radio Iowa and wrote this summary: " More likely to be dangerously hot, could affect our livestock and resources as we farm for a living, could result in more flooding too. WE ARE SCREWED but there are adaptations that we can make to reduce greenhouse gases. " Our website had little to no actual data. From there, we split into bigger groups doing research on precipitation changes in the state of Iowa and how we could use this data to prove climate change and write a climate statement. Some of the data pieces that I wrote down include: June 2019 - “Iowa has had 50.73 inches of precipitation from June 2018 through May 2019 , about 16 inches more than normal” Number of Days with total precipitation greater than or equal to 3.00 cm In 1895-1909 the number of days were between 7-9 days. Sinc...