A Seminar Presentation

Submitted To-
Dr. Mithlesh Kumari
Head
Department Of Physics
K.L.D.A.V. (P.G.) College,
Roorkee
Presented By- Rishabh Gupta
(M.Sc. Physics)
Batch :2018-2020
 OVERVIEW

Introduction
Causes of Climate Change.
Effects of Climate Change.
Conclusion
 First of all, you
should know
that weather and
climate are not
the same thing.
WEATHER IS:

• Short term
• Limited area
• Can change rapidly
• Difficult to predict

WEATHER is what’s
happening outside
your window right
now.
 CLIMATE IS:
• Long term
CLIMATE is the • Wide area
average of many • Seasonal
years of weather changes
• Measured over
observation. long spans of
time
DEFINITION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change refers to a long-term
changes in the global climate.
The global climate is the connected
system of sun, earth and oceans, wind,
rain and snow, forests, deserts, and
everything people do.
It is this systemic connectedness that
makes global climate change so important
and so complicated.
CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

 Anthropogenic(Human) Causes
Natural Causes
Coal Mining

Fossil Fuels
Industries Methane Emission
HUMAN CAUSES
 Coal Mining
HUMAN CAUSES

 Deforestation
HUMAN CAUSES
Increased Vehicles
 HUMAN CAUSES
 Burning of Fossil Fuels
HUMAN CAUSES
Industrial Processes
 NATURAL CAUSES
 Sunspot and Solar Cycle
NATURAL CAUSES
Ocean Currents
NATURAL CAUSES
Forest Fire
NATURAL CAUSES

Volcanic Eruptions
 NATURAL CAUSES
Methane Emission
Methane is released by coal mining,
landfills, and by agriculture, particularly
through the digestive processes of beef
and milk cows.
RISE IN SEA LEVEL

Melting ice sheets  Sea level rise

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE GLOBE
EXTREME DROUGHT
LESS CROP PRODUCTIVITY
ECOSYSTEMS ARE CHANGING
RISE IN TEMPERATURE
CARBON DIOXIDE ACIDIFIES SEAWATER
CO2 Atmosphere CO2

Ocean

“shelled-critters”

 CO2 and carbonate (which plankton use to make

shells) combine in the ocean.
 The ocean is already more acidic than it was 50
years ago.
Glaciers are melting away
worldwide
Agassiz Glacier,
Montana, in
1913…

…and in 2005

Pasterze Glacier,
Austria, in
1875…

…and in 2004
 Animal and plant life is
changing
2/3 of European butterfly An analysis of the
species studied have distributions of
shifted their ranges British birds found
northward by as much as that many species
150 miles. (Parmesan, 1996; have moved north by
Parmesan et al., 1999) an average of 18.9
km. (Thomas et al, 1999)
At Boston's Arnold
Arboretum, plants are
flowering eight days
earlier on average than
they did from 1900 to
1920. (Primack et al,2004)
 What can be done?
First we must admit that climate
change is everyone’s problem. No
agency, government, or scientist
can “fix it” for us. We are all in this
together.
We got here because of our lifestyle.
So our lifestyle has to change.

Here’s what you can do…

There’s no place like home…

…and there may never be again. Do your part.

How To Control Climate Change ?

1) Stop Deforestation
2) Start Cycling or Walking to short
distances.
3) Use common transport system.
4) Plant more trees.
5) Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
6) Aware and Educate people about
Environment.
7) Save Water and Electricity.
THANK YOU