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Climate Time Machine
Visit website:
Go to https://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate-time-machine
1. Click on "Sea Ice."
a) How many years are represented on this time machine? (last year–first year)
b) Click play. As you move in time from the first year to the last year, what do you notice?
c) What will happen to the sea level as the ice melts?
d) How will this change affect people who live near coasts?
2. Click on "Sea Level." This shows sea levels rising from 0 meters to 6 meters. The area covered in red is the land that would be
covered by water.
a) As you move in time from the lowest number to the highest number on this time machine, what do you notice?
b) If you lived in New Orleans or Miami, what do you think you would have to do if the sea level rises 6 meters?
3. Click on "Carbon Dioxide." The yellow-to-red regions on this map show higher concentrations of CO2, while blue-to-green
areas show lower concentrations.
a) How many years are represented on this time machine? (last year–first year)
b) As you move in time from the first year to the last year on this time machine, what do you notice?
c) What impact does this have on the temperature of the Earth? Why?
d) Describe one way that this change affects animals
e) Describe one way that this change affects people
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