Climate Change Research Project Resources
Project Resources
Your research project should be data driven. Data, data, data, and more data as evidence to support your claims. Use the resources below to start your dive into data. Your solutions should reflect responses to your data driven arguments.
ow might climate change affect your community?
Inquiry Questions
Where is your community located?
What are your community's demographics? (e.g., rural, suburban, urban, race/ethnicity, economic status)
What is the normal climate of your community?
What climate factors influence your community's climate? (e.g., topography, elevation, prevailing winds, primary air masses, proximity to a large body of water, ocean currents, latitude)
How have changes in temperature, precipitation, and/or sea level affected the climate of your community?
What are the main impacts of climate change on your community?
Who is affected by climate change in your community? How are they affected> Why are they affected?
How can the impacts of climate change be reduced in your community?
What is the projected climate change for your county?
Enter your zip code at The Climate Exlporer to view projected changes in temperature and precipitation in your county.
How has temperature changed since 1960 in your community?
Enter your zop code and use 1960 as your birthdate.
How has the cycling of water changed?
Explore NASA data by by intereacting with the map at Water Cycle is Speeding Up Over Much of the U.S.
How miight sea level change?
Use the rsik finders to observe flooding rleated to temperature effects on sea level.
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