Week 13: Global Climate Change

  1. The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did.
 The big questions from class that we investigated today were what type of data do we have that supports that climate change is happening, what questions did you derive from the data shared, and what answers did we find using specific data. The way that we investigated this was by looking at many different graphs that were about different things pertaining to climate change. We compared all of the different graphs from the past to the present data and was able to make different conclusions about climate change. 
  1. A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.
In Thursday's lab I learned more about the ocean currents and how it affects the temperature. The temperature of an ocean current affects the temperature of air that passes over it. I also learned that the cold bursts come from Canada and the extreme heat comes from the Gulf. 
  1. Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:
    1. What did you learn?
The idea of climate change is not something new and has been brought up by multiple different scientists before in the past. However, we are getting close to the tipping point of climate change which means that the damage being done is not going to be reversible and we will not be able to undo the damages that humans have caused to the Earth. 
    1. What was most helpful?
The NASA earth minute videos were helpful because it really helped explain these different topics in a different way that made it easier to understand the different effects and impacts. They were short enough to where I wasn't getting confused or losing interest while watching. 
    1. What do you need more information on?
One thing that I need more information on is how the ocean life is affected by climate change. I am more informed on the effects of the coral reef and the impacts to that, but what are the negative effects with ocean life. 
    1. What questions/concerns/comments do you have?

I do not have any questions right now.  

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