Define climate change focusing on the main causes in relation to a specific chosen topic.

Climate change is making news headlines around the world. Research done by climate scientists is showing that climate change will, and already is, seriously affecting natural ecosystems, water resources, crops, economies, human health, etc. Examples of some climate change topics that you can research include:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND
– water (eg. water tied to food supply, water shortage)
– melting ice sheets (eg. Arctic or Antarctic ice)
– melting glaciers/rising sea levels
– rising tides and land erosion
– rising air temperature (global warming)
– rising ocean temperatures
– ocean acidification
– species at risk
– changes in geographic range of species (be specific, pick one or two species)
– extreme weather events (eg. hurricanes, droughts, fires)
– natural ecosystems (eg. forests, fresh water lakes, marine ecosystems, coral reefs; be specific and
pick one ecosystem)
– agriculture/food production
– human health (eg, extension of ranges of tropical parasites and diseases)
– fossil fuels (eg. Alberta tar sands)

– define and discuss climate change, focusing on the main causes in relation to your chosen topic
– provide specific background information on your chosen topic