
- Place Related Climate Change Use Scientific Data To Compare And Contrast Climate Change Issues For Two Different Cities 1 (231.1 KiB) Viewed 43 times
Place Related Climate Change Use scientific data to compare and contrast climate change issues for two different cities in terms of dynamic atmospheric, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere processes. The Himalayas, Alaska, Antarctic and Greenland all have huge glaciers that are melting. Glacier National Park used to be covered with glaciers. In total at the year 1850 there were 150 glaciers in the park that were larger than 25 acres. Today only 25 glaciers of this size remain, de-glaciation is definitely happening at this place, and as a result, this is an example of place related climate change, that utilizes scientific measurement of glacial area. The determinants of climate are multi-faceted as the figure below indicates. Scientific climate data can include the elevation of oceans (sea level), air temperature trends, precipitation averages, the drought monitor, river flood gauges, tropical storm frequency, carbon dioxide concentrations, among other measures. Be sure to illustrate your posting with a maps and Google Earth images uploaded into Canvas so that we can determine visually the location of selected cities. Organized writing, spell checking and grammar checking all factor into your point total. Select a specific locations and present climate change facts to back up your opinions. Direct quotations from others are not attributed as your work product. It is always important to cite your references and you may use any format.
Ice sheets, snow SPACE CRYOSPHERE Atmosphere Ice ATMOSPHERE Composition N2, O2, CO₂, H₂O, 03, aerosols Sea ice Ice Internal processes External processes HYDROSPHERE Terrestrial radiation cean Atmosphere BIOSPHERE Wind effects Insolation Land Land albedo Biomass Changes in the land: elevation, vegetation, Heat exchange Changes in atmospheric composition. LITHOSPHERE Clouds Atmosphere Ocean Ocean Precipitation Changes in the ocean basin shape, salinity, sea temperature Evaporation HYDROSPHERE Conduct research and find an examples of climate change that are related to a particular cities. California legislation requires that the safety element of the general plan for local units of government be updated to include climate change adaptation strategies. Vulnerability assessment for at-risk areas is part of the climate change review process, minimizing climate change impacts on land use changes and locating essential public facilities outside of at-risk areas.