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Effects of Climate Change
Visit the following websites and answer the questions that go with each one.
A. Human Health
1. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/climatechange/ and watch the video at the bottom of the
page. Write a 2 sentence summary of what was said.
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/climate_change_and_human_health_508.pdf
2. How does climate change affect human health?
3. Look at the chart, pick three factors and explain how climate change could change those factors over time and
what impact that would have on human health.
Factor
How is it changing due to
Climate Change
Human Health impact
B. Glaciers
https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/glaciers.htm
1. How do glaciers grow and shrink?
2. How do scientists measure glaciers?
3. How have the glaciers changed over time in the Olympic Mountains and Cascades?
C. Ocean Acidification
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/explore/pristine-seas/critical-issues-ocean-acidification/
1. What does the CO2 become when it enters into an ocean?
2. How much carbon dioxide does the ocean take in?
3. Higher acidity can have what effects on ocean organisms?
4. What 2 affects will occur has the oceans absorbs more carbon?
D. Ecosystems
https://www.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-ecosystems
1. What seasonal changes are occurring and why is this a problem?
2.Describe how the shifting ranges are possibly detrimental.
3. How is the prairie pothole region affected by climate change?
4. How are the extinction rates affected by climate change?
http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming.aspx
5. Describe three changes that are occurring to ecosystems and species due to climate change.
E. Sea Level
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level
1. Why does sea level matter (how many people would be affected?
2. What would be affected if sea levels rose?
3. What is contributing to sea level rising?
4. How has the rate of sea level rise changed in recent years?
F. Extreme Weather
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highlights/report-findings/extreme-weather#intro-section-2
1. How do most people experience climate change?
2. What are the new trends in heat waves and droughts?
3. What trend are we seeing in heavy downpours?
4. How have hurricanes changed in recent years?
5. What other trends do we see?
G. How the warming artic affects us all
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/06/how-the-warming-arctic-affects-us-all/
1. Does snow or land reflect more heat and light?
2. Explain how the melting ice can have a greater impact on more ice melting.
3. What affects could the melting permafrost have?
4. How does the artic influence weather and what changes could we see?
5. How does freshwater entering the ocean affect ocean circulation and temperature?
6. List three affects to animals/organisms if changes to the artic occur.
H. Climate Change Myths debunked
https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php
Pick 4 common myths about global warming. Describe the myth and explain (in detail) how science has counter
argued that myth.
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I. Local Change in Minnesota
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/02/02/climate-change-primer
Describe 5 ways we are seeing climate change happening in Minnesota
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