Climate change can be caused by both human and natural factors and affects the environment in several ways. It is causing glaciers to melt and recede. Warmer temperatures allow pine beetles to destroy more forests as they can survive winters and move further north. Valuable Antarctic and Arctic habitats are threatened as temperatures rise. Rising sea levels from melting ice could flood coastal areas, causing deaths, land loss, and environmental damage. Individual actions like reducing carbon emissions, recycling, and conserving energy can help address climate change.

1. Climate Change in the
Environment
By Group 2
Of the Helena PEAK GT6-7
Spring Seminar

2. Climate Change
• Change of Climate across the globe
• Can be caused by man or natural swings
in Ocean currents
• Affects the environment

3. Causes of Climate Change
• Man: greenhouse gases released into the
environment cause the greenhouse effect
• Natural: melting ice dilutes ocean salt
water stopping the currents. This cools off
the northern hemisphere creating an ice
age. Then the salt to water ratio is back in
place the currents start again and the
north warms up starting the cycle over.

4. Climate Change’s effects on the
environment
• Glaciers
• Pine trees and forests
• Arctic and Antarctic habitats
• Rise in sea levels
• What can we do?

5. Glaciers
Advancement is when the amount of
snowfall is greater than the amount of
melting and a glacier grows.

6. ADVANCEMENT

7. Glaciers
Recession is when the amount of snowfall is
less than the amount of melting and the
glacier shrinks.

8. RECESSION

9. Climate Changes effects on
Glaciers
Climate Change is causing glaciers to
MELT, ablation.

10. Climate Change
• Glaciers
• Pine trees and forests
• Arctic and Antarctic habitats
• Rise in sea levels
• What can we do?

11. Pine Beetles
Pine Beetles are now able to go higher up in
elevation and go further north. This is
causing an increase in diseased and dead
trees. Winters are also not cold enough to
kill almost all the beetles and stop the
trees from dying.

13. Pine Beetles
The beetles are going to die if they keep
eating those trees because then they will
have nothing to eat.

15. Climate Change
• Glaciers
• Pine trees and forests
• Arctic and Antarctic habitats
• Rise in sea levels
• What can we do?

16. Antarctic habitats
• If Climate Change continues valuable
Antarctic habitats will be lost and the
animals that live in them.

18. Arctic Habitats
• The arctic is not made on dry land, it’s just
a floating ice sheet. If it were to melt polar
bears would be forced on to dry land.

20. Climate Change
• Glaciers
• Pine trees and forests
• Arctic and Antarctic habitats
• Rise in sea levels
• What can we do?

21. Rise in Sea Level
• Ice melting in Arctic areas and on
mountains will cause a rise in sea level,
flooding many coastal areas, such as
Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and
others.

23. Rise in Sea Level
• This can cause many deaths and land
loss, resulting in even more overcrowding,
and hurting the environment on land. Also,
if animals do not get away from the water
fast enough they could die also.

25. Climate Change
• Glaciers
• Pine trees and forests
• Arctic and Antarctic habitats
• Rise in sea levels
• What can we do?

27. Ride a Bike
Turn Off Lights
Reduce Carbon Emissions
Recycle
Take Shorter Showers