Week 12 Blog Post

 

  1. What did you do in lab today?
This week in lab we got to investiage and talk about the movie that we watched before hand. Also, we got to investigate the rain fall in different areas of the state. I invsitedgated with my team then north and south centeral region. This was interesting becuase there was a 98% increase for us in one of our sections which didn't seem right at first, however then we realized it depended on which cities we chose. I also thought it was interesting seeing how much they had increased over the many years. 

(Also my phone broke tuesday morning, so I do not have any photos from this week because they were on that phone!)
  1. What was the main lab question?
    1. What is climate change?
  2. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?
    1. Took an Exam this week!
  3. Online Textbook:
    1. What did you learn?
      1. One thing I learned was that climate change is human cuased. I thought that we were partially the cause of this, but we are actually the main cause of this idea. The main cause if us burning fossil fuels which is causing greenhosue gasses. 
    2. What was most helpful?
      1. The idea that cliamte change is not just about heating up, but also about harsh winters. There are very hot days and very cold days so there are a lot of extrememe tempatures. This was good reminder for me because I always thought it was just the world becoming hotter. 
    3. What do you need more information on?
      1. One thing I need more imofrmaition on are the tipping points. I did not know we had tipping points that cannot be changed or solved. I thought this was something I just had no idea were even a thing, and would like to know more about.
  4. What questions, concerens, and/or comments do you have?
    1. Is there a way we can change what is happening?

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