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This is my climate change presentation.
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Climate change is a really big problem in our world
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and if we do not make changes to our lifestyle,
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then some of the consequences will be irreversible.
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First, I'd like to talk about some human impacts.
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Human activities dr warmer climates by the releases of greenhouse
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gases, for example, through the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation
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and land use change according to one of our readings.
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Without human activities.
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The influence of natural factors alone would have actually had
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a cooling effect.
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Therefore it is really important for us to realize that
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our actions have consequences.
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And even though we may not necessarily see these changes
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every second of the day in front of our eyes,
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it is having a really harmful effect on our environment.
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But next I'd like to talk about some effects of
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climate change.
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Climate change affects both the environment and us as humans.
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So one way that the climate crisis is affecting the
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environment is through the early melting of the arctic ice
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and marine ice sheet instability.
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Places like the arctic sea ice, mountain glaciers and northern
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hemisphere spring snow cover have all decreased over the years
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growing up and living in Hawaii.
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Another issue that is really concerning is that ocean warming
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has led to widespread coral reef bleaching and outbreaks of
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coral diseases as a result, this leads to a loss
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of restructure, lower fisheries and a loss of coastal protection
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and habitat, Like I mentioned before, temperatures in the lower
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atmosphere and the oceans have increased additionally.
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More than 90 of the energy gained in the combined
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ocean atmosphere system of over the recent decades has gone
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into the ocean.
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The climate crisis also affects us as humans because of
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the effect it has on the transportation systems and the
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flow of goods and services.
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Our economy relies heavily on natural resources and favorable climates
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for things like agriculture, tourism and fisheries, according to one
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of the readings, Major U.
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S. Crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat and rice are
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expected to decline due to increases in temperature, Water availability
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and disease and pest outbreak therefore are important export prices
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for trade and economy in the United States may change.
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Another way that climate change impacts our lives as humans
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is that high temperatures in the summer are linked directly
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to an increase of illness and death, especially among people
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such as older adults, pregnant women and Children.
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This ties into our past discussion of risk and risk
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assessment and how climate change puts people who are already
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at risk at an even greater risk right next.
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Climate change also affects weather conditions that become more frequent,
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intense and last for a longer amount of time.
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Some examples include extremely high temperature events, heavy precipitation, tropical
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cyclones, lightning, tornadoes, fires and others.
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Climate change can make predicting and detecting trends and weather
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conditions really challenging by causing them to occur in unexpected
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times. Okay, so next are some solutions.
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There are some mitigation and adaptation strategies to be considered
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because together mitigation can help to reduce future risk, and
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adaptations can help to minimize the consequences in the future.
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One mitigation strategy would be to try and use natural
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gas is in place of coal or also the expansion
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of when and solar energy to generate electricity.
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The benefit of solar energy is that it creates clean
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renewable power from the sun and serves as an alternative
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to fossil fuels, which leads to a reduction in our
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carbon footprint.
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Additionally, an adaptation strategy would be to change business operations
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and harden infrastructure against extreme weather.
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Trying to solve climate change is not going to happen
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overnight, but if we start now and little by little,
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take a step in the right direction, then we can
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definitely overcome this problem.
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Thank you