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The Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming PowerPoint Presentation

Congratulations! <ul><li>By sitting here, watching this demonstration about global warming you’ve taken the first step to...

The Earth Is Warming and Humans Are Causing It.

<ul><li>Greenhouse gases are substances found naturally in our atmosphere. They include carbon dioxide and methane. </li>...

<ul><li>But the carbon dioxide humans are adding to the atmosphere from the cars we drive, the electricity we use in our...

Extreme Greenhouse Effect

So What Exactly is Global Warming? <ul><li>Think of it like this…when you go to sleep on a cold night you layer an extra b...

1 Degree <ul><li>The average temperature of Earth is 57 degrees. </li></ul><ul><li>In the last 150 years it has risen 1 d...

The Earth Has a Fever! <ul><li>The earth is sensitive, just like your body. </li></ul><ul><li>When you have a fever, you f...

How the Earth Shows Her Fever <ul><li>Her glaciers and polar ice caps melt. </li></ul><ul><li>Her oceans warm up, causing ...

Wacky Weather <ul><li>Heat waves become more common. </li></ul><ul><li>Wildfires intensify. </li></ul><ul><li>Flooding inc...

“ It’s January in Chicago and it’s 70 degrees!” <ul><li>I know we all hear people saying how great it is that they can wea...

What happened to the Midwest in 2008? Disastrous flooding because of too much melting snow and unusually heavy rain. Look ...

Not Just in the United States <ul><li>During the summer of 2003, Europe had one of the warmest years on record and thousan...

Extreme Weather <ul><li>Global warming causes extreme weather in both directions, hot and cold. </li></ul><ul><li>Sounds...

The Earth is Round <ul><li>All weather begins with the sun. </li></ul><ul><li>Because the earth is a sphere, the weather i...

<ul><li>For example, warmer land temperatures can increase wind speed. Put that wind over a warm ocean, like the Gulf of ...

<ul><li>In the artic, that wind can send a cold front all the way to California and you can have snow in Topanga Canyon, L...

Weather vs. Climate <ul><li>The important thing to remember is the difference between weather and climate. </li></ul><ul>...

What About Animals? <ul><li>They suffer, too. </li></ul>

Polar Bears <ul><li>The sea ice that they dive from to look for food is melting, so they are forced to swim farther to fin...

What’s Causing All This Damage? <ul><li>Over 150 years ago, a period of great progress began. It was called the Industrial...

<ul><li>The steam engine helped our trains move across the country and later, evolved into the combustion engine that powe...

<ul><li>We didn’t know all that progress </li></ul><ul><li>would cause all this damage. </li></ul><ul><li>But now we kno...

Oil, Coal and Natural Gas <ul><li>These are also known as Fossil Fuels . </li></ul><ul><li>Fossil Fuels were formed aroun...

What Happens When You Burn Fossil Fuels? <ul><li>It releases buried carbon into the atmosphere. </li></ul><ul><li>Then it ...

<ul><li>We’re taking all that buried carbon, that took millions of years to form, and we’re putting it back into the atm...

Deforestation is the Second Largest Contributor to Global Warming <ul><li>Forests that have been clear cut look bald! </li...

Why Are Trees Being Cut Down? <ul><li>Farmers cut trees to make room for their crops or their animals to graze. </li></ul...

<ul><li>We need trees to store carbon dioxide like a piggy bank. </li></ul><ul><li>When trees are cut down, its like smash...

<ul><li>Here’s a 2 minute video that might help you understand what we’re talking about. </li></ul>

We Can Solve It! <ul><li>The Blue Man Group just showed us what can happen if we don’t do something. </li></ul><ul><li>But...

A Clean, Green Revolution <ul><li>Instead of the Industrial Revolution, we are in the midst of a clean, green energy revol...

From Every Problem Comes an Opportunity <ul><li>We now have the ability to get power from difference sources that don’t bu...

Your Carbon Footprint <ul><li>Everyone on the planet has one. </li></ul><ul><li>Instead of leaving footprints in the sand...

Your Daily Carbon Footprint <ul><li>This comes from the amount of carbon dioxide you emit while doing regular things like ...

Does the Meat we Eat Have a Carbon Footprint? <ul><li>When grazing, cows emit methane (from both ends!) </li></ul><ul><li>...

Connecting the Dots <ul><li>The key to reducing your carbon footprint is to connect the dots between how you live and how ...

<ul><li>So What Can We Do to Reduce our </li></ul><ul><li>Carbon Footprint? </li></ul>

<ul><li>Use less electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room. </li></ul><ul><li>Unplug cell phone, ipod,...

<ul><li>Replace all of your regular light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs) that use less energy. If every...

<ul><li>Put your computer into sleep or stand by mode instead of using a screen saver. </li></ul><ul><li>Carpool to school...

<ul><li>Check to see if your home’s refrigerator, washer, dryer, dishwasher and water heater have the ENERGY STAR sticker....

<ul><li>Look for paper products made from at least 30% post consumer fiber. Most paper companies cut down virgin trees fo...

<ul><li>Bring canvas bags when you shop. Over 1 billion plastic bags are thrown away in America every year. Plastic is m...

<ul><li>Be a meat reducer by eating meat one day less a week. </li></ul><ul><li>Become a virtual marcher at StopGlobalWar...

Start a Green Team at School! <ul><li>Meet at lunchtime or after school to talk about global warming and recycling. </li>...

School Projects <ul><li>Decorate your recycling bins so everyone can see them! </li></ul><ul><li>Put a worm compost in th...

The Solution is You! <ul><li>And tell your friends to read The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming!!! If they see you d...

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