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Week 14 - Global Climate Change

 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...