Nurture Nature For Our Future!

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1. I learned that all of the events of the past decade, all of our memories have something in common. They all took place during the hottest decade ever recorded since humans begin keeping temperature records about 150 years ago.And I can say that the principle,"Everything is connected with everything else", is true.

Further complicating issue is that water vapor is actually the world's most abundant greenhouse gas, the same molecules that might cool the planet in cloud for actually warm even in the form of gas.

As the planet warms, more water evaporates from the ocean. Creating more of these heat-trapping greenhouse gas.

Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas, and our biggest contribution to global warming. Fossil fuels burning releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. NASA satellites capture the infra-red signature of carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere. NASA also monitors other greenhouse gases like methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs.

Greenhouse gas is most likely the main contributor to current global warming. It's the key piece to the temperature puzzle, and it unlock the door in higher and higher temperatures.

2010. It marks the hottest decade ever recorded so far. What will the next 10 years become for our planet? Computer models predict even warmer temperature, extreme weather, less ice, and higher seas.

The severity of those changes will depend partly on how our planet's complex system responds and more importantly,ON WHAT CHOICES WE MAKE.

Online Learning:1. I learned that the terms “adaptation” and “mitigation” are two important terms that are fundamental in the climate change debate since climate change is present in our planet.
 Climate mitigation is any action taken to permanently eliminate or reduce the long-term risk and hazards of climate change to human life, property.
 The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines mitigation as: “An anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.” Climate Mitigation and AdaptationClimate adaptation refers to the ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. 

1. I participated in the online discussion by keeping in mind, cooperating, and applying those mitigations adaptations, not just thru online but also in my everyday life. 

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1. I learned that climate change in our country is,admit it or not, INEVITABLE. It is a part of our life that we cannot change. It is a phenomenon that changed, changing and will change our whole planet. Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing humankind, and as the stakes are raised, many are proposing ambitious solutions – from pumping dust into the atmosphere to escaping to space.

But what if instead of trying to fix the world, we fixed ourselves? That’s the question posed

by Matthew Liao, director of the Bioethics Programme at New York University, and his colleagues. “We tried to think outside the box,” says Liao. “What hasn’t been suggested with respect to addressing climate change?”

Instead of waiting for a miracle to happen, people must do something to lessen the severe effects of the climate change. Not just for ourselves, but also for all the things, living and non-living, that exist here in our planet.

What's not good in trying? We, as one, must unite in one goal. That is to save our planet. Not just for today but specially for the future. We don't want our children to not experience playing on the trees, grass fields and enjoy the Mother Nature. It's never too late. Act now and never regret a thing.

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1. I learned that Carbon is very important in our everyday lives. It is the building block of life. It is found everywhere on Earth.Carbon makes the plants and the animals and Carbon is also stored in the ocean, atmosphere, and crust of the planet. A Carbon atom can spend millions of years moving through the Earth in a complex cycle. Understanding the Carbon cycle and how it is changing is key to understanding the Earth changing climate. That's why we need to understand the Carbon cycle carefully. And the issue is that, in the past two centuries, humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide by more than 30% by burning fossil fuels and cutting down forest. The Earth has not experience carbon dioxide levels this high for the past several million years. 
       I also learned that the amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple of degrees, which is an international goal.The overwhelming majority of the increase was from China, the world's biggest carbon dioxide polluter. Of the planet's top 10 polluters, the United States and Germany were the only countries that reduced their carbon dioxide emissions. 
       With all these facts, we must be alarmed about the present condition our own planet. And with the present condition of our planet Earth, we must ACT. Not later. Not tomorrow. But NOW.

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1. I learned that our planet, which is obviously the Earth, is breathtakingly amazing. It is just simply perfect. And National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA also studies the Earth and not just the space and other planets. They have lots of satellites that observe our planet to get a global view of our changing world. They conduct studies dealing with air, water, land and ice.

I also learned the following facts; greenhouse gases act like a blanket trapping solar energy and without atmosphere our planet would be frosty with a temperature of zero degree Fahrenheit; sea levels has gone over 10 inches and risen over 12 inches in the last 15 years; satellites of NASA can also detect large fires and they have recorded an average of 10,000 forest fires happening everyday and therefore we should plant trees in order to replace those trees that are burned whenever there is a forest fire; and lastly, over 150 billion tons of ice melt in Greenland enough to fill 2,000 earth movers every minute.

                NASA helps us to understand our unique planet. Knowing it could be of great importance in order for us to help save the Earth. Earth is our ONLY planet. Protect it. 

      OUR PLANET. OUR FUTURE. OUR                                                                                       MISSION.

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