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    Climate refers to average weather conditions in an area over many years, including factors like temperature, humidity, wind and rainfall. Climate change refers to significant, long-term shifts in global or regional climate patterns due to rising greenhouse gas levels. The main causes of climate change are both natural forces like volcanoes and the sun, as well as human activities that release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. If left unmitigated, climate change will lead to issues like rising sea levels, stronger extreme weather events, and declining crop yields. Potential solutions involve reducing greenhouse gas emissions through alternatives to fossil fuels, improved energy efficiency, and carbon sequestration methods like reforestation.

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    Climate refers to average weather conditions in an area over many years, including factors like temperature, humidity, wind and rainfall. Climate change refers to significant, long-term shifts in global or regional climate patterns due to rising greenhouse gas levels. The main causes of climate change are both natural forces like volcanoes and the sun, as well as human activities that release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. If left unmitigated, climate change will lead to issues like rising sea levels, stronger extreme weather events, and declining crop yields. Potential solutions involve reducing greenhouse gas emissions through alternatives to fossil fuels, improved energy efficiency, and carbon sequestration methods like reforestation.

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    CLIMATE CHANGE

    Laguna State Polytechnic University - San Pablo City


    OBJECTIVES:
    • Definition of Climate- its features and the factors affecting
    it
    • Definition of Climate Change- its CAUSES and EFFECT and
    ways of mitigating it

    Laguna State Polytechnic University - San Pablo City


    CLIMATE
    • Climate means the usual condition of the
    temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind,
    rainfall, and other meteorological elements in an area
    of the Earth's surface for a long time. In simple terms
    climate is the average weather condition for about
    thirty years.

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    Features of Climate
    • There are differences in climate around the world. Why?
    because of differing amounts of radiation received from the Sun at different parts of
    the Earth at different times of the year

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    Laguna State Polytechnic University - San Pablo City
    FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE
    1. Latitude- temperatures decrease as you move away from the equator
    2. Altitude- Temperatures decrease with height. The air is less dense and
    cannot hold heat as easily. The temperature usually decreases by 1°C for
    every 100 meters in altitude.
    3. Winds
    4. Distance from the sea

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    Why Philippines has no snow?
    • With the Philippines' tropical and maritime climate characterized by three
    elements – high temperature, high humidity, and abundant rainfall – the
    conditions are simply not right to form snow. ... The Philippines also
    experiences high relative humidity (the moisture content of the
    atmosphere).

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    LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
    • Exact location of the Philippines: 12.8797° N, 121.7740° E

    • The Philippines is located in both the northern and eastern hemispheres,


    and are positioned off the southeastern coast of Asia, directly east of
    Vietnam and northeast of Malaysia.

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    Laguna State Polytechnic University - San Pablo City
    What is Climate Change? Climate change refers to
    significant, long-term changes in the global climate.

    What is Global Warming?


    Global warming is the slow increase in the average temperature of the earth’s
    atmosphere because an increased amount of the energy (heat) striking the
    earth from the sun is being trapped in the atmosphere and not radiated out
    into space.
    How does Global Warming drive Climate Change?
    Because all systems in the global climate system are connected, adding heat
    energy causes the global climate as a whole to change.

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    10 INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
    7 Indicators of Climate Change (RISING) 3 Indicators of Climate Change
    1. Rising air temperature over land (DECLINING)
    2. Sea-surface temperature 1. Declining arctic sea ice
    3. Air temperature over oceans 2. Glaciers
    4. Sea level 3. Spring snow cover in the
    5. Ocean heat Northern Hemisphere
    6. Humidity
    7. Tropospheric temperature

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    CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
    1. Natural Forces – Sun and volcanoes
    2. Anthropological activities - Human influence of climate change
    • 5 gases responsible for 99.5% of the greenhouse gas and acts as a feedback to climate
    • Water vapor – most prevalent Green House Gas, accounts 4% of the composition of the atmosphere
    • Carbon dioxide (CO2)- factories, transportation and over population are some of the causes
    • Methane (CH4) - hydrocarbon gas produced through natural sources and human activities, accounts for
    20% of the enhanced greenhouse effect
    • Nitrous oxide (N2O)– laughing gas, a chemical compound that is used as oxidizer in rocketry and in
    motor racing to increase the power outputs of engine
    • CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) – organic compound that contains carbon, chlorine, and fluorine produced
    as a volatile derivative of methane and ethane. In 1978, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that
    deplete the Ozone layer was adopted as an international treaty to eliminate the production and
    consumption of ozone-depleting chemical

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    Laguna State Polytechnic University - San Pablo City
    Ways to Mitigate Climate Change
    1. Reforestation
    2. Use bioenergy
    3. Reduced fertilizer used
    4. Anaerobic digestion of waste
    5. Conservation of energy

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