Climate Change Webquest
Today we will view a series of websites, images, and videos to learn more about climate change. Click on our area of the map to continue.
Weather Vs Cimate
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Climate is the long-term average of the weather in a given place. Weather can change in minutes or hours, a change in climate is something that develops over longer periods of decades to centuries.
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NASA Climate Change- Eyes on Earth
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Rising Sea Levels
1. Click on the map below. 2. Click on "sea level". 3. See what happens if the sea levels rise 6 meters. 4. Come back to this page to answer the question here
Read below about rising sea levels, then answer the question to move on.
Learn more about sea level and climate change:
https://sealevel.nasa.gov/
Global Temperature
1. Click on the map below. 2. Click on "Global Temperature". 3. Move the slider, and notice what happens to the global temperature. This color-coded map shows a progression of changing global surface temperatures since 1884. Dark blue indicates areas cooler than average. Dark red indicates areas warmer than average. 4. Come back to this page to answer the question here
Ocean Warming
1. Click on the map below. 2. Click on "Ocean Warming". 3. The ocean has absorbed 90% of human-induced global warming since 1955, causing the water's internal heat to rise. As a result, this change is contributing to polar ice loss, global sea level rise, extreme weather, large-scale coral bleaching events, and other far-reaching consequences. Reds show gained heat compared to the long-term average, while blues indicate lost heat.stion here 4. Come back to this page and answer the question here
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Click on Peru to see the before and after images showing the retreat of the Quelccaya Ice Cap
Images of Climate Change
The retreat of the Quelccaya Ice Cap’s edge is visible in this image pair taken on Sept. 3, 1988, and Oct. 22, 2023. Even though it rests on a high-altitude plateau of the Andes Mountains in Peru, the comparatively cold temperatures are not enough to protect it from climate change. As global temperatures warm, tropical glaciers, like Quelccaya, are melting away across the world.
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Click on Greenland to continue.
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Images of Climate Change
As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, bright-white snow and ice reveal dark-colored bare ground. Lighter-colored surfaces, like ice and snow, reflect sunlight and contribute to cooler temperatures. But dark surfaces, like bare ground, absorb sunlight and amplify warming. During 2023 there were four significant melting events, and overall, this summer’s melt has been well above the average over the past 30 years. Click on the image below to see how much the ice has melted.
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Climate Change Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Click on the question to learn more!
Why does it matter that Earth's Climate is changing?
How do we know what Earth's climate was like long ago?
How can so little warming cause so much melting?
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Thank you! Tomorrow we start our LAST unit of science 8!
It takes a lot of energy to warm up water. However, the oceans do absorb heat, and they do get warmer. This warmer water causes sea ice to begin to melt in the Arctic. Information from NASA's Earth satellites shows us that every summer, some Arctic ice melts and shrinks, getting smallest by September. Then, when winter comes, the ice grows again. But since 1979, the September ice has been getting smaller and smaller and thinner and thinner. So, just a small amount of warming can have a huge effect over several years. Glaciers are another form of melting, shrinking ice. Glaciers are like frozen rivers. They flow over land like rivers, only they move much slower. Warmer temperatures cause them to flow more quickly. Many of them flow toward the ocean, breaking into huge chunks that fall into the water.
If scientists want to know what Earth's climate was like hundreds of thousands to millions of years ago, they study sediment cores and ice cores. Sediment cores come from the bottoms of lakes or the ocean floor. Ice cores are drilled from deep — sometimes miles — below the surface of the ice in places like Antarctica. The layers in an ice core are frozen solid. These layers of ice give clues about every year of Earth's history back to the time the deepest layer was formed. Scientists use ice cores to learn about the temperatures for each year. As snow accumulates onto a growing glacier, the temperature of the air imprints onto the water molecules in the ice.
Why does it matter that Earth's Climate is changing?
Over millions of years, Earth's climate has warmed up and cooled down many times. However, today the planet is warming much faster than it has over human history.
Global air temperatures near Earth's surface have gone up about 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. In fact, the past five years have been the warmest five years in centuries.
A couple of degrees may not seem like much. However, this change can have big impacts on the health of Earth's plants and animals.
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Climate Change Webquest
Today we will view a series of websites, images, and videos to learn more about climate change. Click on our area of the map to continue.
Weather Vs Cimate
55ºF
THIS WEEK
HISTORICAL MONTHLY AVG
Climate is the long-term average of the weather in a given place. Weather can change in minutes or hours, a change in climate is something that develops over longer periods of decades to centuries.
0º
Monday
9º
Tuesday
Max Temp.
Rain
15º
Wednesday
25º
29.7
20º
Thursday
25º
Friday
25º
Saturday
By month
Min Temp.
Next
Jan
12º
0º
Sunday
Weather Vs Cimate
25º
THIS WEEK
HISTORICAL MONTHLY AVG
NASA Climate Change- Eyes on Earth
0º
Monday
9º
Tuesday
Max Temp.
Rain
15º
Wednesday
25º
29.7
20º
Thursday
Precipitation
Humidity
80%
70%
25º
Friday
25º
Saturday
By month
Min Temp.
Next
Jan
12º
0º
Sunday
Next
Rising Sea Levels
1. Click on the map below. 2. Click on "sea level". 3. See what happens if the sea levels rise 6 meters. 4. Come back to this page to answer the question here
Read below about rising sea levels, then answer the question to move on.
Learn more about sea level and climate change: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/
Global Temperature
1. Click on the map below. 2. Click on "Global Temperature". 3. Move the slider, and notice what happens to the global temperature. This color-coded map shows a progression of changing global surface temperatures since 1884. Dark blue indicates areas cooler than average. Dark red indicates areas warmer than average. 4. Come back to this page to answer the question here
Ocean Warming
1. Click on the map below. 2. Click on "Ocean Warming". 3. The ocean has absorbed 90% of human-induced global warming since 1955, causing the water's internal heat to rise. As a result, this change is contributing to polar ice loss, global sea level rise, extreme weather, large-scale coral bleaching events, and other far-reaching consequences. Reds show gained heat compared to the long-term average, while blues indicate lost heat.stion here 4. Come back to this page and answer the question here
Next
Click on Peru to see the before and after images showing the retreat of the Quelccaya Ice Cap
Images of Climate Change
The retreat of the Quelccaya Ice Cap’s edge is visible in this image pair taken on Sept. 3, 1988, and Oct. 22, 2023. Even though it rests on a high-altitude plateau of the Andes Mountains in Peru, the comparatively cold temperatures are not enough to protect it from climate change. As global temperatures warm, tropical glaciers, like Quelccaya, are melting away across the world.
Next
Click on Greenland to continue.
Next
Images of Climate Change
As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, bright-white snow and ice reveal dark-colored bare ground. Lighter-colored surfaces, like ice and snow, reflect sunlight and contribute to cooler temperatures. But dark surfaces, like bare ground, absorb sunlight and amplify warming. During 2023 there were four significant melting events, and overall, this summer’s melt has been well above the average over the past 30 years. Click on the image below to see how much the ice has melted.
Next
Next
Climate Change Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Click on the question to learn more!
Why does it matter that Earth's Climate is changing?
How do we know what Earth's climate was like long ago?
How can so little warming cause so much melting?
Next
Thank you! Tomorrow we start our LAST unit of science 8!
It takes a lot of energy to warm up water. However, the oceans do absorb heat, and they do get warmer. This warmer water causes sea ice to begin to melt in the Arctic. Information from NASA's Earth satellites shows us that every summer, some Arctic ice melts and shrinks, getting smallest by September. Then, when winter comes, the ice grows again. But since 1979, the September ice has been getting smaller and smaller and thinner and thinner. So, just a small amount of warming can have a huge effect over several years. Glaciers are another form of melting, shrinking ice. Glaciers are like frozen rivers. They flow over land like rivers, only they move much slower. Warmer temperatures cause them to flow more quickly. Many of them flow toward the ocean, breaking into huge chunks that fall into the water.
If scientists want to know what Earth's climate was like hundreds of thousands to millions of years ago, they study sediment cores and ice cores. Sediment cores come from the bottoms of lakes or the ocean floor. Ice cores are drilled from deep — sometimes miles — below the surface of the ice in places like Antarctica. The layers in an ice core are frozen solid. These layers of ice give clues about every year of Earth's history back to the time the deepest layer was formed. Scientists use ice cores to learn about the temperatures for each year. As snow accumulates onto a growing glacier, the temperature of the air imprints onto the water molecules in the ice.
Why does it matter that Earth's Climate is changing? Over millions of years, Earth's climate has warmed up and cooled down many times. However, today the planet is warming much faster than it has over human history. Global air temperatures near Earth's surface have gone up about 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. In fact, the past five years have been the warmest five years in centuries. A couple of degrees may not seem like much. However, this change can have big impacts on the health of Earth's plants and animals.