Week 13: Glaciers, Paris, Sea Levels

Week 13: Glaciers, Paris, Sea Levels

1. What did you do in lab today? In lab we looked at climate change locally, regionally, and globally. My group specifically focused on the effects of climate change on agricultural and plants. We focused on points like observed impacts on our agriculture, how our farmers can adapt, and questions we derived from the data. 

2. What was the big question? The big question was "What are the big issues of climate change?". There was a focus on precipitation, temperature, and agriculture. We answered these questions through presentations on each specific focus working in three groups. 

3. What did you learn in lecture? In lecture we talked about how important it is to not just teach the students in our classroom, but the community that your students are apart of. Changing habits can start school wide then transfer to community wide if people are educated. Teachers do not just have to teach children they can teach anyone!

Textbook:

1. What did you learn? Habitats are changing due to temperature rise and weather changes. With the habitats in Iowa changing it affects all living things including humans, animals, and insects who have to adapt to survive. As our climate changes in Iowa the landscape will also change. 

2. What was the most helpful? It was interesting to read the story on the University of Iowa and its damages from the flood of 2008. The flooding was a result of high precipitation and an already saturated ground. The result was the Coralville Reservoir and Iowa River overflowing causing damage to campus. I think that this just proves that climate change is not new its been a thing for a while now. 

3. What do you need more information on? I want to know more about the impacts on agriculture. Why can't Iowa (and everywhere else) adapt to the climate change? Are hotter summers going to affect the soybeans and corn? Is climate change so big that we cannot adapt fast enough?

1. What questions, comments, and/or concerns do you have? How do people not believe climate change is real? I believe political views and misinformation are a HUGE part of it. 

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