Climate Change

Climate change is a change in the world's climate over a long period of time. These changes can be from a variable or from humans. Climate change is caused by an accumulation of gasses in the lower atmosphere. The Concentration of carbon in the atmosphere has increased by 30% since preindustrial times. The future climate is determined by experiments like the general circulation experiments. The greenhouse effect is a result of climate change. Climate change is a long-term alteration in global weather patterns such as increase in temperature and increase in storm activity. Some important faces in Climate Change are Thomas Stocker(IPCC working group1), Renate Christ (secretary of IPCC), Al Gore, Peter Garett, David Suzki, and many more. I feel it is important to learn about climate change.

Bibliography

• Climate Change, R Sari Kovats, www.answers.com/topic/climate-change, 2010

• Climate Change, Encarta World Dictionary, http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_701705058/climate_change.html, 2009

• Past Events, International Panel of Climate Change, http://www.ipcc.ch/news_and_events/news_and_events.htm, 2010

• Climate Change Quotes, Interesting Quotes and Sayings By Famous People, http://www.quotemonk.com/quotes/famous-c/climate-change.htm, 2010

Sewer Treatment

I learned a lot about the sewer treatment plant in our town by going on a tour of it last week. I learned that our water gets clean by going through many steps of sanitation. The first part of this process is where the water enters that plant. It first goes through a big grinder that grinds up solid waste, toys, fish, and any other things that people flush down their toilets. I also learned that about 99.9% of the water that goes to the plant is clean. The next step is where the water is put into a big tank that pumps oxygen into it. This allows for the healthy microorganisms to eat the dirty parts of the water. Then the water goes into another tank which allows the solids to settle to the bottom and be taken out. This is the final step before the water leaves the plant into the Grand River. The water that leaves the plant is very clean.
I saw the recycling center for the first time last week. It was pretty cool. There were bins for plastic, glass, aluminum, and cooking grease. I will recycle a lot more knowing how easy it is to sort and recycle everything. It was very easy to understand how everything worked. I enjoyed recycling and will help my family to get more involved with it.

City Discussion

Ms Byerly came to talk to our Global Science class about our city. When Eaton Rapids founded, the settlers built sawmills, looked for mineral Water, and liked the island. In 2006, the project to improve the storm er system Was started. The storm Water system cleans and purifies the Water from oil, grease, letter, and sewage. The city had two storm outlets get put in to replace the ten old ones. These intercepts rain Water and takes out debris. They 'Collect & Separate' impurities from our Water before it goes in the grand river. The city of Eaton Rapids Wants to take the attention back to the river! They also Want to do this by increase White Water rafting, canoeing, and kayaking. Eaton Rapids is located in the Upper Grand Watershed Which i thought s intersting because it related to that Worksheet that did.
The storm Water Will improve our BOD test by increasing the oxygen in the Water to help support life. My biobottle is doing really good. The sunfloWers are groWing a lot. The only doWn oul be that it tipped over and i dont knoW the outcome from that yet. We aren't that far on the lexus project yet. I feel that it's coming together a lot in my head. We just need to get started on physically doing it and it Will come together nicely.