Monday, November 14, 2011

Climate Change within the home, school or workplace

  • Change 5 lights
    Change a light, and you help change the world. Replace the conventional bulbs in your 5 most frequently used light fixtures with bulbs that have the ENERGY STAR and you will help the environment while saving money on energy bills. If every household in the U.S. took this one simple action we would prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions from nearly 10 million cars.

  • To Seal and Insulate with ENERGY STAR:
    • Seal air leaks throughout the home to stop drafts,
    • Add insulation to block heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer,
    • Choose ENERGY STAR qualified windows when replacing windows
    Use water efficiently
    • Saving water around the home is simple. Municipal water systems require a lot of energy to purify and distribute water to households, and saving water, especially hot water, can lower greenhouse gas emissions. Look for products with EPA's Water Sense label; these products save water and perform as well or better than their less efficient counterparts.
    Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

    Wednesday, November 9, 2011

    1) Intro to the Problem of Climate Change
    Climate Change and global warming refers to an increase of the globes temerature.Human actions and natural events are belived to increase the temperature to more than average. Carbon Dioxide(Co2) is the primary reason to the temerature increase. There would be an increase in sea level, Humidity, and Temperature overland. There will also be an decrease in Glaciers, Snow cover, and sea ice. The green house effect has a huge effect on climate change. The earth gets more heat from the sun that changes temperature and Weather. Some of the earths surface radiates energy back into space. This all rises the temperature in the earth and the gases traps energy. If these green house gases wouldnt exist, the earths temperature would be much more cooler.