Air Pollution Climate Change by Marcus, Jeremy and Joe

What is climate change? The significant long term change in weather patterns experienced by a large region.

The significant long term change in weather patterns experienced by a large region.

Affected Regions This map shows the temperature difference in recent years compared with the norm between 1940-1980

Contributing Regions

Primary Sources Combustion of fossil fuels Aerosols Deforestation Livestock Cement Manufacture Deforestation

Combustion of fossil fuels

Aerosols

Deforestation

Livestock

Cement Manufacture

Primary Pollutants Carbon dioxide Methane CFCs Nitrogen oxides

Carbon dioxide

Methane

CFCs

Nitrogen oxides

Consequences Increase in extreme weather events Reduced precipitation Melting ice caps and glaciers Agriculture is affected Biodiversity changed

Increase in extreme weather events

Reduced precipitation

Melting ice caps and glaciers

Agriculture is affected

Biodiversity changed

Consequences Global temperature increase

Global temperature increase

Solutions Using alternative energy resources Reforestation Enhancing public transport Solar energy

Using alternative energy resources

Reforestation

Enhancing public transport

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Wikipedia, Climate Change , 17 September 2008, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

Wikipedia, Global Warming , 17 September 2008, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

US Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change , 10 September 2008, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html

World Prout Assembly, The Causes of Tropical Deforestation , 30 April 2006, http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2006/04/the_causes_of_t.html

Sharply_done, alternative energy , 11 February 2008, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharply_done/2256773775/