Week 13

 April 18th

We started today's class discussion our exam last week. After that we start talking about climate change which is a huge topic in today's world. We looked at a "hot" days chart for Des Moines. The chart is proves that more and more days are getting hotter which means most days in the future are going to be over 90 degrees.

Iowa has millions of acres of land to grow corn which is huge but due to climate change how damaging is it?

Due to the climate change (the rise in hotter days and more precipitation) means the Iowa agriculture will hurt from it. because of this change Iowa is adapting to many of these changes such as: wetter season, longer growing season, more summer precipitation, and higher humidity, and the fall will become dryer)

Driving Question: How does climate change affect sea level?

One of the major drivers of the SLR the world has experienced in recent decades is not from melting glaciers or ice sheets. Rather, it is driven by the thermal expansion of water. As the ocean warms, seawater becomes less dense and expands, raising sea levels.

Land ice raises sea level. Sea ice does not rise the level because it is already in the sea 

We got the chance to learn and talk about the Paris agreement

COP26: is a UN climate change conference who wants to cut CO2