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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 - A mere six degrees of global warming was enough towipe out up to 95 percent of the species alive on Earth 251 million years ago. -Peopleandplanet.net, Bristol University, The Guardian- The Sun provides the Earth with the heat it needs to support life, but a drop of only 1/10th of 1% of the amount of the Sun’s energy reaching the Earth can spawn an Ice Age. WHATYOU NEED TO KNOW In 1980, sea ice coverednearly 1.7 billion acres of the Artic, about the size of the United States. In the lasttwo decades alone, the Artic has lost an area roughly twice the size of Texas. If the melting continues at this rate, computer models predict that by 2060 there will be no sea ice at all during the Artic summer.If just the Greenland icesheet meltsinto the ocean, it could raise global sea levels by 23 feet over the next fewhundred years. Coastal cities, including New York and London, would be completelyflooded. Low lying countries such asBangladesh – with much of its land mass at sea level – would be nearly wiped out. 254 Million Years Ago 55 Million Years Ago 10,000 Years Ago 1995 - 2005 2100 High-efficiency appliances can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 450 pounds a year.Carpool: Leaving your car at home just two days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds per year. – Environmental Protection Agency Unless we reduce emissions and develop new energy alternatives, the blanket of greenhouse gases that surrounds the planet will double in the next 50 years, and triple in the next hundred WHAT IS IT? FACT OR FICTION GREENHOUSE GASES THE FACTS WHAT ARE WE TO DO? GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING The Heat Is ONThe average temperature in the U.S. in 2005 was almost one degree above the 1895-2004 mean, which will make 2005 one of the 20 warmest years on record for the country. What are greenhouse gases? gases that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons. NOAA (based on preliminary dataComputer models suggestthat average global surface temperatures will rise between2.5F and 10.4F by the end of this century, a rate much larger and faster than any climatic changes over the past10,000 years. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) -NOAA (based on preliminary dataComputer models suggestthat average global surface temperatures will rise between2.5°F and 10.4°F by the end of this century, a rate much larger and faster than any climatic changes over the past10,000 years. -National Academy of Sciences (NAS) More than 5 million acres of Amazon rainforest are lost every year to loggers and farmers.In the century between 1850 and 1950, human activities burned up 60 billion tons of carbon fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas. Today we burn the sameamount every 10 years. Let's have a healthier and greener environment.. Global Warming Timeline Some scientists argue that the increase in greenhouse gases has not made a measurable difference in the temperature. They say that natural processes have caused global warming. –World Book Encyclopedia Global warming is the gradual rise of the earth’s surface temperature, thought to be caused by increased emissions of greenhouse gases (the “greenhouse effect”), specifically from human activities. -Environmental Protection Agency AROUNDTHE WORLD Mass Extinction (Permian & Paleocene era) The Earth was just 9-16 degrees cooler than it is today. Rise of temperature.Earth may hit the 4-degree mark, known as the tipping point.
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