Global Warming

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Global Warming

• Emily Neil
• Charles Bunce
• Lisa Glowe

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Greenhouse Effect

• The sun radiates thermal energy that the Earth
  absorbs (suns rays).
• The Earth reemits the energy back as infrared
  radiation (escaping heat).
• Some of the radiation is reflected by greenhouse
  gases in the atmosphere back down to Earth
  (trapped heat).

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More greenhouse gases increase
Earth temperatures!
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FLOODING

• Glacial melting (i.e. Greenland) increases sea
  levels.
• Scientist foresee a 1m increase in sea levels
  would threaten 72 million citizens in coastal
  China alone.
• The collapse of the W. Antarctic Ice Sheet would
  potentially increase sea levels by 6m, affecting
  over 400 million people worldwide.

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Drought

• Droughts in Midwest during the 80s and 90s caused
  mass migration.
• Tens of thousands moved, leaving behind ghost
  towns.

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Preventing Pollution is a Solution!

• Global Warming is a REAL problem affecting the
  world NOW!
• It has already diminished the population of
  Central American Harlequin Frogs and Polar Bears!