Global Warming
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gw_2.docx1. Google IPCC. What is this organization? What groups are involved with or comprise the IPCC?
2. Go to http://unfccc.int/2860.php When was the last conference held and where? Read one article or watch a video and summarize in at least 3 sentences.
3. On the same website as above, under the PROCESS title, click on “essential background”. Click on one of the topics and summarize. Hint: the glossary might be a good place to learn some of the definitions of the terminology we’ve been discussing.
4. Google “lights of the world at night”. Many images and articles will show up. I suggest looking at the geology.com or the NASA websites. Where are the heaviest concentrations of lights at night on the earth? Why are they there?
5. Go to lifegem.com and tell me what the website is about. From what are these gems made? Explain if you think this is possible in a physics sense.
6. What is a carbon footprint?
7. Google “calculate carbon footprint”. Pick a site and calculate your footprint. Make sure you tell me which site you use so you receive full credit.
8. Where is the nearest wastewater facility to you? Describe the process the plant uses to clean your water for reuse.
9. Go to the following PBS website and determine if you will be underwater with a 1 meter (equals ~3feet), a 2 meter rise, or a 3 meter rise of the ocean. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/will-you-be-underwater-theres-a-map-for-that/
10. Google la Nina and el Nino. Explain the differences between the two. Also explain their effects on pressure, temperature, and climate.
11. Define what a positive feedback is and what a negative feedback is. Give an example of each. Hint: can be found in Ch. 9 which is in Module 5.
12. What is carbon sequestration? In your opinion, is it a good idea or not…explain why.
13. Google: Monsanto and write one paragraph about what Monsanto is and does.
14. Google: global seed vault. In your opinion, is this a good idea or not…explain why.
15. 6 facts about global warming effect on ocean and lake.
