My Year!

This year in history, has been pretty exciting! we have watched a few movies and done a lot of tests. we recently watched the movie Thirteen Days and learned about kennedy and their "fight" against Cuba, which was luckily solved! it was actually really interesting to see how people in the White House figured out how to work together and solve many problems. I have learned a lot this year by watching a few movies. watching Ten Years a Slave helped me understand the difficult times when slavery existed, watching Smoke Signal helped me understand the tough times that many indians have and what people would think of them. US History was exciting and i loved being with the people in it, even if patrick talked a little too much!

Letter to the Future

Dear Future Human,

I am here to tell you about our findings on the science of climate! We have discovered that climate is a lot more complicated than you think. The causes, effects, evidence, and questions about climate change, and the science of climate will hopefully help you all figure out a way to maintain Earth and it’s climate issues.

Hopefully by your time, you will still have internet around to look up all the cool facts about climate. On the web climate was defined (1) to be “the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind, velocity, and precipitation.” The weather can be an unusual, crazy thing. In some parts of the United States, it's green grass and clear skies but sadly in other parts its cloudy skies and cluttered floors. Not many people really know what to expect from it, except meteorologist.

Meteorologist (2) study the weather their whole life. They are able to pretty much predict the future, just like how we are predicting that you will still have some of these difficult changes. When meteorologist predict the future it is usually an educated guess with many tools to help. Thermometers, barometers, and anemometers help measure the temperature, air pressure, and wind speed. Weather balloons are also a huge part of their predictions. A weather balloon is a special balloon that carries an radiosonde, which measures the atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed. It is able to let us know if their are going to be unusual changes in today's weather. Satellites and radars are also used to observe cloud patterns and to measure precipitation! The weather (3) these days is super chaotic, one day it'll be raining and cold, then the next it will be up in the 80’s and so sunny that it’ll make you sweat. Luckily when meteorologist discuss all of the changes they are able to figure out if the weather has repeated. In the United States today over 210 million observations per day are recorded into computers that are used for forecasting! Hey, future human, If you ever want to become an meteorologist use your sixth sense, if you've seen the repetition before then you could possibly know what is going on!

You might be confused on exactly why we are telling you about weather, but you see the weather over the past couple decades has been changing at a rapid pace. During my research i found a great source called EPA (4), it gave me multiple questions and answers that were really helpful to my research. From 2000-2010 was the warmest years on record, 2005 and 2010 tied as the hottest years around. During that time the risk of severe rainstorms, and severe heat waves escalated causing snowballs to melt more rapidly and sewers to fill up. Throughout the years oceans and glaciers have experienced many harsh changes. Oceans (5) are warming which can cause it to be more acidic and the ice caps are melting while sea levels are rising. The rising temperatures have increased the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, oceans absorb this gas more frequently causing the risk of the coastal and marine ecosystem to become more acidic. I really hope that by the time you read this you will still have a beautiful ocean to swim in. If the sea level reaches a maximum it is able to cause coastal flooding for millions to hundred millions of people around the world. I really hope this won't happen in a few generations because i do not want to be writing to a ghost right now. The rising sea levels will cause coastal storms and more frequent and destructive than ever.

If the temperature changes by only one or two degrees (6) it can cause a drastic amount of chaos. 5-15% of reductions in the yields of crops, 3-10% of increased rain during the heaviest precipitation also counting an increase in floods, 5-10% decrease in streamflow in many river basins, and worst of all 200-400% increase in an area burned by wildfire. The world we live in today does not have the ability to control what's happening. The average temperature over the last 100 years has increased by more than 1.4 degrees, i have no idea what is to come in a few decades but i hope that scientist will figure out a way to save the lives of many!

In simplest form the climate change can affect (7) our lives. By 2100 our planet is supposed to increase the warmth by 1.8-7.1 ℃, it is critical that we somehow help these changes. Winter arrives in more intense burst, plants and animal feel the onset of spring and summer 4 days earlier, heatwaves, floods, droughts, and wildfires are expanding. Our health is the most important part of it all, there needs to be some life on earth, especially if i want to get this letter to you! Many scientist think that it is the human's fault (8) for the cause of this climate change, and i agree. Our world is the most polluted it's ever been, city lights, cigarettes, trash everywhere are only a few ways that it has affected the world. By your time i hope that people still exist and that scientist have figured out a way to change the acidic ocean and the weather is back to normal. But if not i have hopefully warned you enough and have told you the science of it all! Be safe and if the climate change is still upon you, dont freak out, we have scientist to do that!

1. Defined climate on Dictionary.com. "Dictionary.com is the world's leading digital dictionary. We provide millions of English definitions, spellings, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and word origins."

2. Student ask: How do meteorologist predict the future by: Chrissy Warrilow. "Georgia Public Broadcasting is required to house public file information for our television stations on the Federal Communications Commission website."

3. How do Meteorologist make your forecast: "AccuWeather provides hourly and Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy™ for any longitude/latitude on Earth, with customized content and engaging video presentations available on smart phones, tablets, free wired and mobile Internet sites, connected TVs, and Internet appliances, as well as via radio, television, and newspapers."

4. Climate Change in Indicators in the United States: "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a government run agency designed to protect human health and the environment."

5. Climate Education: "The Climate Institute has been in a unique position to inform key decision-makers, heighten international awareness of climate change, and identify practical ways of achieving significant emissions reductions."Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles"

6. Future Climate Change; How can a change of one or two degrees in global average temperature, have an impact on our lives: "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a government run agency designed to protect human health and the environment."

7. The CCC stands for Committee on Climate Change: "The Committee on Climate Change (the CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. Our purpose is to advise the UK Government and Devolved Administrations on emissions targets and report to Parliament on progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for climate change."


8. The latest meteorologist survey destroys the global warming climate consensus by: James Taylor. "senior fellow for environment policy at the Heartland Institute and managing editor of Environment & Climate News" "

focus topic

i wanna focus on the climate science, i feel like it would interest me a lot because its like a guessing game/ background information. it is cool to look at the differences of the world and its problems while also figuring out how it has affected the past.

climate

sunny
Mexico beach
rainy
humid
desert

i picked these words because they all correspond with what i think of when i hear the word climate. i feel like climate is like a certain temperature or area that can relate with coldness or hotness. These words all describe a place thats temperature is really distinct.

who is in charge?

Dam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
http://zidbits.com/2013/05/how-long-will-the-hoover-dam-last/

Hoover dam-Boulder Dam
in black canyon of the colorado river
provides power for public and private utilities Nevada, Arizona, California
named after President Hoover
1931-1936 time it took to build
 In 2011, president Obama signed a bill extending supply till 2067
set aside 5% of its power for native american tribes and electric cooperative
53.5% of its total output goes to California, with 15.4% of that number going to Los Angeles alone. Arizona uses 18.9% while 23.3% is allocated to Nevada
supposed to last 10,000 years at least 
many pieces of art are around the dam
112 deaths with construction
six companies- joint construction teams (Pacific Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon; Henry J. Kaiser & W. A. Bechtel Company)


Background:
potential source of irrigation water
used dynamite to help collapse rocks around-idea was denied

Readings about the 1930's

Read about the Great Depression (Links to an external site.).  According to this article, what was wrong with President Hoover's response?  Why did people blame themselves when things went wrong, and how valid or invalid was this response?

President hoover responded as if it "a passing incident in our national live" and that it would be over in 60 days. Men were usually harder on themselves than women were, men were supposed to provide for their families and they thought it was humiliating to ask for help, while women working was increased slightly. It was a valid response for the men to respond like this because they were supposed to be the role in the family. President Hoover said that it was not the governments fault. 

Read about Black Sunday

 (Links to an external site.). How would you have felt if you'd been there on that day? What kinds of fears, concerns, or questions would be going through your mind during, and after, the event described?

if i was in the situation i would have been terrified of my life. the questions going through my head would be Am i going to survive this? Am i safe? Is my family okay? If i was trapped here the rest of my life would i have enough stuff to survive? 

Read about The Drought (Links to an external site.).  What areas were affected by it?  What caused it.  The author ends this article with a pithy quote.  Do you agree or disagree with this historian's perspective? Why or why not?

Eastern Part then moved towards the west. the combination of drought and misuse of the land is was caused the Dust, the land was originally covered with grass and fine soil but farmers came and misused the area and "overgrazing cattle and sheep herds stripped the plains of their cover." i agree with parts of the quote i agree where he talks about disregard of nature's limits and uncertainties, but when he gets to the whole uncritical faith part and devotion to self-aggrandizement that has nothing to do with a storm hitting their town but with the people. but he also seems like he's blaming it all on the people who worked really hard and probably had know idea that this was going to happen.

Read about Mass Exodus from the Plains (Links to an external site.).  Were does the migration of people out of the Dust Bowl rank in terms of other migrations in US History?  What made life hard for people once they arrived in California?

the migration of the Dust Bowl was the largest migration in American History. 2.5 million people had moved out by 1940 and 200,000 of them moved to California. California people didn't accept the people from the western states as friendly as they hoped. farmers gave up farming when they heard that many farms in California were tied up with large corporate farms. they built their houses from scavenged scraps and they lived without plumbing and electricity. Typhoid, malaria, smallpox, and tuberculosis spread. over the years life got better but they were still called "okies" and "arkies". 

radio entertainment 1930's

1930's radio entertainment included comedians such as jack benny and fred allen, soap operas that people could sympathize with and the love. radios were also a source of inspiration with heroes like the lone ranger. on wednesdays night when people would tune into 'One Mans Family' the host would greet the listeners with "dedicated to the mother and fathers of the younger generation and to their bewildering offspring" giving off a inspirational vibe to cheer up the listeners. News broadcasting was also a huge role in entertainment to get caught up with the current affairs. The radio would broadcast many different children shows such as little orphan annie giving the children shows business and the children wanting more. throughout the 1930's music was widely popular and was played throughout every station in many different genres. most people enjoyed to listen to the entertainment on radios because it was free!