Turn Down The Heat: Why A 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided

Turn Down The Heat: Why A 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided

Final Project

A Digital Artifact by Mohammed Rabbi

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This digital presentation is created to increase the awareness for climate change and why a 40 C warmer world would be devastating to the life on earth, as we know it now.

The visual images and texts in the presentation are mainly targeted for general audiences online.

As Agriculture is particularly vulnerable to climate change among others, this sector is selected for the presentation.

Recent global surges in food prices highlights the importance of adaptations of agricultural policies.

Its time to challenge climate change by all of us at local – national – and international level.

This presentation is composed of selected images and posters, from various online sources.


Global Warming(Source: http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures/)


How will climate change affect storms like Sandy, seen in a satellite image?

http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures/


American Smokestacks(Source: http://ShutterStock.com/)


Not helping the global-warming situation…

Global Warming Awareness Poster: Smoky Skies

(Image Credit: Miteshkothari - http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/global-warming-alert-posters/)


http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/global-warming-alert-posters/



Greenland Ice Sheet(Source: http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures/)


This melt water lake was created by warm summer temperatures on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Melt-water lubricates

the glacier bed and makes the ice flow faster into the sea. Global warming has caused melting to occur dozens of miles further

inland than 20 years ago.



Global Warming Image(Source: http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures)


Some climate experts say that without breakthrough technologies and as yet unimagined solutions, we cannot stem the progress of

the climate change.


Climate Change Posters(Source: http://webneel.com/webneel/blog/)


Climate Change Images(Source: http://google.com )


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Climate Change Images(Source: http://google.com )


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Global Warming Awareness Poster: Polar Bears In The

Desert(Image Credit: Luis Beltrán- http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/global-warming-alert-posters/

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Global Warming Awareness Poster: Don’t Wait Until The

Last Minute (Image Credit: Francisco Rodriguez - http

://www.hongkiat.com/blog/global-warming-alert-posters/)




How Is The World Is Changing?Various photos and examples of the effect of

Global Warming around the world.


Climate Change: Global Vulnerability

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Climate Change: Global Vulnerability



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Climate Change: Vulnerable Cities



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How The World Is Changing(Source: http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures)


NEEM researchers measure climate change using air captured in ancient ice.


How The World Is Changing(Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05)

(Perito Moreno Glacier pictured)


Melting Blitz In South AmericaHigh in the Peruvian Andes, parts of the world's largest tropical ice sheet have melted at an unbelievable pace. Scientists found that significant portions of the Quelccaya Ice Cap that took over

1,600 years to form have melted in only 25 years.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05



How The World Is Changing(Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/)


Argentina's Upsala Glacier was once the

biggest in South

America, but it is now

disappearing at a rate of 200 meters per year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/




Glacial Change: Rhone glacier in

Valais, Switzerland

(Gary Braash)In 2001, the glacier had

shrunk by some 2.5km, and its

'snout' had shifted about 450 meters higher up.





Rising TidesCape Hatteras

in North Carolina in the USA,

pictured in 1999 and

2004.





Vanishing islands

Tuvalu in the

Pacific.





No Snow:Mount

Hood in Oregon at the same time in

late summer in 1985 and

2002.





More Pests:

Damage to White Spruce trees in Alaska caused by the pests.



How The World Is Changing: (Source: http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures/)


Tarawa atoll, Kiribati: Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are

considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.



Great Barrier Reef: "Where has all the color gone?" Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have undergone an aesthetic

decline reflecting the dangers from global warming that the vast, fragile ecosystem faces.



The IPCC climate report says scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming, adding that a 'pause in warming over the past 15 years is too short to reflect

long-term trends’.



A Mighty Wind:The dramatic and

rapid loss of sea ice in recent years has

consequences beyond the Arctic.

Scientists have found the melting shifts the position of the Jet Stream,

bringing cold Arctic air further south

and increasing the odds of intense

snow storms and extreme spring

weather.

How The World Is Changing: (Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05)

(TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)


An International Tragedy: Research by British government found that climate change may have contributed to a

famine in East Africa that killed between 50,000 and 100,000 people in 2010 and 2011. At least 24

percent of the cause of a lack of major

rains in 2011 can be attributed to man-made greenhouse gases, Met Office modeling showed.


How The World Is Changing: (Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05)


Experts speculate that warming oceans may have played a part in a strain of herpes that has killed Pacific oysters in Europe in

recent years..



How Global Warming Is Changing Our Everyday Lives

Various photos and examples of the effect of Global Warming during our everyday lives and

routines.


Climate Change Chart(Source: http://google.com)


Climate Change: Effects on Human Health









How Our Lives Are Changing:

(Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05)


Worsening Allergies:

The spring 2013 allergy season could be one of the worst

ever, thanks to climate change. Experts say that

increased precipitation, along with an early spring, late-ending fall and

higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide may bring more pollen from

plants and increased mold and fungal

growth.



How Our Lives Are Changing:

(Source: http://topics.time.com/global-warming/pictures/)


Fish catches could be hurt by climate change.



How Our Lives Are Changing: (Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05)


Wine To Go?Along with other

agricultural impacts, climate change may

have a dramatic effect on the world's most famous winemaking regions in coming

decades. Areas suitable for grape cultivation

may shrink, and temperature changes

may impact the signature taste of wines

from certain regions.



A Cold Cup Of Coffee:Climate change may dramatically shrink

the area suitable for coffee cultivation by

the end of the century and cause the

extinction of Arabica coffee plants in the wild. Starbucks has

already declared that "Addressing climate change is a priority."




Sour Apples: Apples produced in

one Himalayan state of India are already losing their taste and even turning sour, experts say. Increased rainfall

and erratic weather in the region mean

less than ideal conditions for

famously-sweet Kashmiri apples.




Less Time On The Chair Lift:

Climate change means warmer winters in

northern latitudes and a shorter ski season. By 2039, more than

half of the Northeast's ski resorts will not be

able to maintain a 100-day season, according to the New York Times. Ski areas will be less

likely to receive regular snowfall, and

warmer daily low temperatures mean

fewer opportunities for snowmaking.



Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture

Mitigation and Adaption


Agriculture is particularly vulnerable to climate change.

IPCC projections to 2050 suggest both an increase in global mean temperatures and increased weather variability, with implications for the agricultural production worldwide.

While some regions of the world may benefit from improved conditions, the overall effect of climate change is nonetheless expected to be negative for global agricultural production if no action is taken.


Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture:

(Ref: OECD (2009), "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation and Options for the OECD“)

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As agricultural production increases, resource constraints, particularly water, will become tighter.

Agriculture globally accounts for about 70% of the world’s freshwater withdrawals.

Climate change is expected to alter the seasonal timing of rainfall and snow pack melt and result in a higher incidence and severity of floods and droughts.

Agriculture can both contribute to mitigation and sequestration of carbon emissions.

Mitigation: Significant mitigation in Agriculture can be achieved through:

improved cropland and grazing land management, restoration of degraded lands, and land use change (e.g. agro-forestry).




Adaptation: This may range from:

Altering farm management practices to adoption of new varieties, crops, and animal breeds more appropriate to future climate conditions.

Both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture will need to be managed more sustainably to reduce resulting production risks.

Policy Response: Government policy can play an important role in maintaining a

viable agriculture in the face of climate change. Mitigation and adaptation approaches will need to be

strengthened. These will be more effective if they are embedded in longer-

term strategies linked to agricultural policy reform, risk management, research and development, and market-based approaches.

Examples include: crop and disaster insurance, research into crop varieties better adapted to changing climatic conditions, and incentives for more efficient use of water.






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So What Are We Doing?

Examples of what we are doing around the globe to stop the clocks against Global Warming.



So What Are We Doing?“Rally Against Global Warming”

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Demonstrators take part in the protest against climate change in the center of Copenhagen.





Protesters rally outside the Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Climate Change venue in Durban, South Africa, on Nov. 28, 2011.





Students and Washington residents concerned about global warming gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington,

Saturday, April 14, 2007, to urge Congress to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050





United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (left) speaks at the United Nations during a High Level event on Climate Change.


Our Earth…. Our Future.

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Turn Down The Heat: Why A 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided