Discussion:
Review the film- Before the Flood - Full Movie by National Geographic
Answer the following questions:
1) What parts of our economy rely heavily on fossil fuels?
2) What are the negative impacts of tar sands mining?
3) When is it estimated that there will be no summer sea ice at the North Pole?
4) How much of the thickness of Greenland's ice sheet has melted in the past 5 years?
5) Describe "sunny day flooding".
6) How many people in India are without access to electricity?
7) What are some of the impacts of climate change on the world's oceans?
8) What percentage of agricultural food production land in the US is used to grow food for cattle?
9) In terms of the greenhouse effect, how many molecules of carbon dioxide are equivalent to just one molecule of methane?
10) What is a carbon tax?
11) When was the last time Earth was 4 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures?
12) What are steps that can be taken to mitigate climate change?
13) Provide a reaction to the documentary as a whole. How did it impact you?