1. Humans Changing their Relationship with the Environment By: Mallory Rasmussen and Emily Shull

2. Global Warming Global warming: o increase in temperature of Earth's lower atmosphere, believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect 1995 - The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports human influence is the cause of increased global warming.

3. Human Influences on Global Warming Increase in greenhouse gases Increase in aerosols Change in surface conditions o (e.g. reflective light, wind, evaporation) Change in clouds o (e.g. contrails, pollutants, etc.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3pujlkSTqo

4. Future Human Impacts on Global Warming Population Technology o Energy Production o Energy use efficiency o Land use Energy Structure o coal, oil/gas, Renewables/Nuclear Land use o Forests

5. Al Gore Background: o vice president of Bill Clinton in 1993-2001 o environmental activist o Alliance for Climate Protection Environmentalism: o known as one of the Atari Democrats (politicians who see issues in clean air & water

6. Alliance for Climate Protection founder: Al Gore established 2006 focuses on drawing individuals together to help save our Earth 100% of all donations and funding are given to the Alliance

7. Facts on Pollution (don't write down) 40% of America’s rivers and 46% of America’s lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. Vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 60% of all carbon monoxide emissions nationwide, and up to 95% in cities. Over 80% of items in landfills can be recycled, but they’re not. In the U.S. 41% of all insecticides are used on corn. Of these, 80% are used to treat a pest that could be controlled simply by rotating a different crop for just one year.

8. Deforestation caused by foresting, wild fires, and subsequent overgrazing loss of habitat for millions of species the moist forest soils dry out because over exposure to sun light extreme temperature swings

9. How to Stop (Slow Down) Deforestation buy recycled wood plant your own trees buy an acre of rain forest to protect from deforestation recycle paper reuse grocery bags pressure governments to stop logging

10. Desertification Definition: process by which fertile land becomes desert o usually a result of drought, deforestation, or poor agriculture o problem has detrimental effect on countries in Africa.

11. Why should we care?And What can we do? Why should we care? Increasing Temperatures - human health issues o warmer temps - spread of mosquitos - diseases like malaria and encephalitis Changing weather patterns - affect agriculture o more droughts or longer growing seasons What can we do? Recycling- saves energy to manufacture goods Go solar – a solar system to provide hot water can reduce your family’s carbon emissions by a lot

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