Overview
I'm working on a environmental science question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
- First, watch (and take notes on!) the following episodes of the PBS series Global Weirding (they are ~10 minutes each):
- Climate change (versus weather) overview: https://www.pbs.org/video/its-warm-outside-so-global-weirding-is-hooey-right-fllbgl/
- Arctic: https://www.pbs.org/video/what-happens-in-the-arctic-doesnt-really-matter-right-pxuqd3/
- Canada: https://www.pbs.org/video/oh-canada-l0zsuj/
- Eastern U.S.: https://www.pbs.org/video/i-live-in-the-eastern-us-does-climate-change-matter-to-me-kx89rm/
- U.S. Midwest and Northern Great Plains: https://www.pbs.org/video/climate-change-in-the-midwest-northern-great-plains-rptsok/
- U.S Southern Great Plains and the Southwest: https://www.pbs.org/video/southern-great-plains-southwest-global-weirding-g6vp8c/
- U.S. Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and the Islands: https://www.pbs.org/video/pacific-northwest-alaska-the-islands-lcf6rp/
- Next, complete the Homework assignment about the Global Weirding episodes: “Choose two U.S. regions. In one page or less, compare and contrast the effects of climate change between the two regions.