Science in the News: Climate Change, It's Real!

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Climate Change, Is It Real??

The debate about climate change is insane to me.  The denial that the world is getting warmer, the iceburgs are melting at a rapid speed, rivers and watering holes are drying up is real.  Science and research has proven this.  I don't belive that there is much we can do about it, but try to slow it down.  The ball is rolling and it's going to take a miracle to stop it.  Animals are already becoming extinct at alarming rates, causing a spiraling effect on other lifeforms.  The reality of it all can be desperate, I worry for Greta Thunburg.  Her superpower is strong and incredible, she is able to use her disability to help the world, but I do worry that her strong focus will consume her.  She has started the movement to care and activate young minds that they can achieve the impossible.  The world needs her and this is her time.  

Global warming has been causing havoc in a variety of way across the globe.  Extreme drought, stronger hurricanes, unprecedented flooding, heat waves, and snow & polar vortexes in areas not accustom to them.  

Just within a few months, extreme weather has been plaguing the globe...
I couldn't settle on just one article, I kept finding a new one almost daily, so I have included titles of different news articles found in the last few weeks involving my topic of climate change.  I did not include any interviews with Greta Thunberg as she has been in the news spot light a lot.  But her fight it real!

Here are my articles on how climate change is affect the world.  It is true that the world is heating up glaciers are melting, water levels are rising, lands are heating up, destroying crops, creating horrific fires that burn so hot, that they are creating their own weather patterns.  Action is required to help save our home, and it begins with education.  

Italy in the News

Venice flooding closes St. Mark's Square as city faces another 'tough day' of exceptional high tides

Fox News

Australia in the news

Australia has been experiencing extreme drought due to global warming causing dangerous condition that has lead to horrific wildfires.  

Australia bushfires: How extreme 'firestorms' make their own weather

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BBC

By Frances MaoBBC News, Sydney

Zimbabwe, Africa in the news

CNN Article 

• This is an article that I found on CNN that broke my heart.  I wanted to add this to my lesson, but forgot in the planning.  It would have gone perfectly with my groups plan; it would have connected more to them.  

California in the news
California Wildfires Result of 7 year Drought

Also, the California's wildfires are a desperate cry to global warming and the heating and drying of the earth.  What a place not to live right now.  the constant threat of fires that seems to hover over that state is incredible.  As it dredges through seven years of drought, the destruction and fear of fires has been present.
The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season ever recorded in California, with a total of 8,527 fires burning an area of 1,893,913 acres.  This year, because of preperation and quicker alerts, the season has not been so bad, but the season is still on, and fires are still raging.  

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These are videos that I wanted to have access to for my lessons. Climate change has long been left out of elementary school curriculum.  The new Next Generation standards have started to introduce the concept, so now it's up to teachers to incorporate it into their lesson plans.  I will admit, I was not sure if students were ready for the harsh reality of Climate Change and all the catastrophes that are occurring, but after teaching the concept in my whole lesson plan, I am a strong believer that it needs to be included.  Even in small ways.