Climate Science

Scientific Postulates (Theories

The Greenhouse Effect

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Earth's greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the planet. The main gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapour (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases (which are synthetic). this is a huge part of climate change and the rise of temperatures.

Feedback Loops

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Structure of the Atmosphere

SOLUTIONS

Individual Action

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David Suzuki Foundation gives 10 things you can do to take climate action:https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/top-10-ways-can-stop-climate-change/for so my 3 top picks on what I would do is:green your commute, take other ways to get to your destination like walking or biking and if it is a fair way away take a bus or commute.urge your government to step up and do something for once.eat climate healthy meals, this can help by removing the factor of large factories which omit a lot of greenhouse gasses, eat some fresh-picked or farmed food as an alternative.

Government Policies

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https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/net-zero-emissions-2050.htmlCanada's Plan to Reach Net ZeroThe Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which became law on June 29, 2021, enshrines in legislation Canada’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act ensures transparency and accountability as the government works to deliver on its targets. The Act requires public participation and independent advice to guide the Government of Canada’s efforts.

Write a letter to governmetn

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Attach your letter here

Divesting

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/10/harvard-divest-fossil-fuels/?emci=0e106d42-5316-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=62ce949d-e516-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=761461

Technological Solutions like Carbon Capture and Storage

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https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/01/26/news/carbon-captures-questionable-numbers-spell-concern-canadas-hydrogen-plans?mkt_tok=Nzc0LVNITy0yMjgAAAGCRR7UjSnmROACebTBaJJgpoU0hPD8CCMtbzY8LxqZdHMlWDO1eFzhIKr9fQT1j8GNAjwrPMrLo3xi4CCiFkOSeFipAULmKzXnXB57KrE6F78

IPCC

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https://www.ipcc.ch/the IPCC

COP conferences

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https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/supreme-bodies/conference-of-the-parties-copThe COP is the supreme decision-making body of the conversation. every state that is part of the conversation is in the COP. They talk about climate change and how to prevent it from destroying our beautiful planet. the COP meets every single year unless some of the parties decide not to.

Green Party

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https://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform/green-futureThe Green Party is a federal party of Canada

Six Food actions for a 1.5 degree solution

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https://wwf.medium.com/six-food-actions-for-a-1-5oc-future-2585d1b1ecf9

NGOs

350.org

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https://350.org/\350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis.Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.

Environmental Defence

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https://environmentaldefence.ca/campaign/ending-climate-change/

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Greenpeace

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https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/explore/green piece is an orginazation that helps to try to defend the envoronment

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David Suzuki Foundation

World Wildlife

Fare free public transit in Ottawa

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https://freetransitottawa.ca/

Renewable Energy

protecting and expanding forests peats and marches

Waste reduction week

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https://wrwcanada.com/enWaste reduction week is during October 17-23, 2022. it helps raise awareness and gives people things to do to help the environment, each day it has something different for people to learn about global warming and climate changer.For Monday: Circular Economy MondaysFor Tuesday: Textile TuesdaysFor Wednesday: E-Waste WednesdayFor Thursday: Plastics ThursdayFor Friday: Food Waste FridayFor Saturday: Sharing Economy SaturdayFor Sunday: Swap And Repair Sundays.

My evaluation of solutions

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Include an evaluation of the solutions to climate change. Write a short reflection stating your opinion about the solutions: Which do you think will be the most effective? What are some of the pros and cons of them? Government (including United Nations), Citizens (including NGOs) and Industry has a responsibilitiy to address these issues- who do you think is doing enough (if anyone) and /or who do you think is not pulling their weight in addressing these issues?

Factors Affecting Climate

Latitude

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As you travel further from the equator the sun's rays are more spread out at the poles, so less concentrated sun's energy makes it colder at the poles.

Ocean Currents

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Warm Ocean Currents carry warm air and affect coastal areas, Cold Ocean Currents carry cold air and affect coastal areas.

Winds- Prevailing Winds

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Prevailing Winds bring cold air from Arctic Regions or Warm Air from Tropical. this can affect many thinf because

Relief

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The presences or absence of mountain ranges can block air masses or not.

Elevation

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The higher in altitude you go the colder it is

Near Water

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Large bodies of water moderate the climate of an area.

Human Generated GHGs

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Humans are adding GHGs to the atmosphere, trapping more heat energy near the surface.

Signs and Symptoms

Ice Caps / Glaciers Melting

Sea Level Rise

Extreme Weather Becoming more common

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Snow and Ice Storms

Drought and Desertification

Flooding

Changes in Wind Patterns and Temperature Patterns

Rising Temperature corelating with rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere

Ocean Changes

Ocean Temperature rising(thermal expansion

Acidification of the Oceans

Forest Fires

Ecosystem Changes

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Ecological Mismatch Biodiversity Crisis

Feedback loops

Forests

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many trees are dyingthere is a huge amount of trees that are being lost because of deforestation and forest fires it is coming fromtop forests are becoming more of carbon emitters than of keeping it in

permafrost

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a lot of frozen remains global warming is thawing out and is releasing a tom of co2 into the atmospherescientist guess that the amount of carbon thawing out of the permafrost will be devastatingcattails release a ton more co2 than other tree litter

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