Week 12: Climate Change

 What are the primary points in the video? 

-Powerful people and lawmakers do not believe climate change is real, and are not slowing down productions that influence climate change. Burning fossil fuels and drilling in the Arctic are causing glaciers to melt, Miami to flood, and droughts to occur. 

What are the major issues?

-Burning fossil fuels vs. alternative options, but alternative options are expensive

-Meat and oil for cooking have huge impacts on releasing CO2 into the atmosphere 

-The Positive feedback loop between rising temperatures and causing glaciers to melt, which is causing temperatures to rise even more

What questions do you want us to teach you? 

-We don't ever learn how to prevent climate change on the local level

How would you like us to teach you?

-No preference 

What did you do in the lab today?


Today in the lab, we calculated the average rainfall in the Northern Central region of Iowa. We calculated the average. rainfall from 1900-1905 and compared it to the average. Rainfall from 2020-2024 saw a 34% decrease in rainfall. We then discovered that the Goldfinch, in Iowa, is endangered because the rainfall is causing its food source to diminish. 

What was the big question? The effects of Climate Change

What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? I learned that warm air can hold more water vapor, so it can lead to stronger weather events. Since the air temperature is increasing, natural disasters are becoming stronger and more powerful. 

Textbook: 

What did you learn? 

I learned that Higher temperatures may lead to longer growing seasons and higher crop yield, which can also increase agricultural pests, and unpredictable weather patterns, like temperature and precipitation, affect when and if farmers can harvest their crops


What was most helpful? I liked how you gave us links to outside sources where we can read about ways climate change has affected Iowa, and what we can do about climate change. It gives us more information about what can be done on a local level. 

What do you need more information on? 

Is climate change irreversible? And how does climate change increase droughts, when it usually increases precipitation? 

What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have? N/A

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