Overview:
Overview:
What are the effects of Global Climate change (GCC) on the weather extremes of a continent? Climate is the average variation of weather, including its extremes: floods, droughts, cold snaps, heat waves, etc. It is these extremes that most affect species, including humans. Such extreme events kill thousands annually, and it is a good idea to
know what to expect.
* You research four scholarly articles and 4 news articles (Spring, 2023 and later) indicating that the impact is
important; one pair on each aspect of climate shifts for the continent {drought, flood, cold snaps (either too much or not enough), heat waves, and potential evapotranspiration (PET) /plant stress. Remember, 5 are listed, but you
only need to write on 4 of them.
* I recommend writing each paragraph on only one aspect of climate change in your continent. It is easier that way.
Research Topics:
So, what do we find? You should be able to find several articles on each problem without difficulty. We often find
the weather to occasionally be too hot, too cold, too wet, or too dry. Climate change messes with all of this. Also,
plants need enough moisture to overcome potential evapotranspiration (which causes plants to dry out and die).
How does this affect the ecosystems, species, and humans in some parts of that continent?
Why does this matter? (You need a reference that specifies a reported and referenced instance of why the items
you chose matter to society. Who cares, and why do they care?
1. Too hot leads to heat stress and death.
2. Too cold leads to freezes, which hurt crops. Not cold enough leads to not enough snowfall, and poor runoff for our food supplies.
3. Too dry leads to human, animal, and plant deaths due to drought.
4. Too wet leads to human, animal, and plant deaths due to flooding.
5. Too much evapotranspiration leads to plant stress, poor production, and (in extreme events) plant death, and species loss over time.
The Paper:
Write a paper that quickly and clearly outlines some of the effects of four (4) of the 5 types of weather variation
expected due to global climate change, using only 1/2 page for each effect. This means that each GCC imposed
shift you discuss is about a paragraph long, with 3 or more sentences describing the changes, an introduction sentence, and a concluding sentence. (Spring, 2023 and later: You could use the news article in the introduction to
give impact to each paragraph, or use it somewhere else in the paragraph. Just make sure you use it to clarify the paragraph topic’s relevance.)
Use the references and their URL links to develop a paper (approximately two and a half to three pages) that
addresses the rubric at the end of this assignment. Focus on satisfying the requirements of the rubric. This rubric also gives you credit for the citations and references required to avoid plagiarism. (The title and references are
separate pages, not counted in the 2.5-3 pages of text.)
Focus on doing this in two and a half pages. This, you can do more easily. Keep focused on only a few sources, on a specific topic for each paragraph, and on a short summary, not a Master’s Thesis. Use one pertinent scholarly
article for each problem (wet, dry, hot, cold, PET), summarize the few key points you need, report on it, and make
sure you cite (and reference) your work. (Use APA formatting in your citations and references.) Count your relevant points of information, then shrink as necessary. Just make sure you specify why the science article indicates the
changes have a societal impact, that the problem is linked to GCC, and how GCC increases the frequency and/or
intensity of each extreme event. Stop when you are done addressing the prompt.
This should be easy to do, and there are even books and online information resources on the topic. Just make your writing your own, and give others the credit for their sources. Satisfy all grading requirements (below) using your own words, including the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. Cite their work, but make the sentences your design; explain them in your own words. Take notes, brief, clear notes, and then work from them to make the information
presented in your words. Quotes give you no credit, and palgiarism zeros your work.
Don’t forget to look at the grading prompt below. Remember. You can do this!
Grading Information:
I use the attached grading rubric for assigning points for your work. This strives to make sure you know how I am grading your work so that you can do well on your paper. This information supports the Grading Rubric.
1. Title:
All work deserves a title, including the date, your name, your class, and section number.
2. Introduction:
Three (or more) sentences introduce your topic and your 4 paragraph contents. Provide a good 3 or more
sentence paragraph introducing (1) the topic and your 4 paragraphs, the questions (2) what is it, (3) why does it matter, and (4) who cares!
3. (One) Continent Extreme Events: 4 Paragraphs:
In 4 paragraphs, describe four of the five extreme event types likely to increase in your chosen continent due to Global Climate Change (GCC).
The categories include flood, drought, heatwaves, cold weather (either too much or not enough), and crop loss
due to high potential evapotranspiration.
You can use the news article to give impact to each paragraph (Make sure you use it to clarify the paragraph
topic’s relevance.)
Again, make sure you specify why the scientific article indicates the changes have a societal impact, that the
problem is linked to GCC, and how GCC increases the frequency and/or intensity of each extreme event. (Make
sure you tie the extreme event type to GCC and its likely impacts, e.g. frequency and intensity of impact.
Discuss the connection to climate change, where it happens, who is affected, and why it matters to them.
4. Conclusion:
One sentence introduces your conclusion.
Four sentences remind the reader of four (4) key points you discussed in the body of your work.
One sentence that wraps it up. (Both would be nice, but you need one of them.)
5. In-text Citations:
Use short APA in-text citations that tie your work to the references. An example is (author, date) for information, and (author, date, page#) for quotes.
See the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University.
6. Reference List at the end of the paper:
Use full references that identify the article(s) used. You will be using APA format. Unlike APA in-text citations, APA references are after the conclusion.
The format need not be perfect, but you should have all the parts. All needed content should be in the references, so that someone can find and assess the article later.
See APA formatting at the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue
