July 2011
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
By Aria Chambers & Nina Fuentes
GLOBAL WARMING AND CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS
WHAT IS MAUNA LOA?
The largest volcano on Earth!
 Located on the island of Hawaii
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It is called Mauna Loa meaning,
“The Long Mountain”
Last erupted in 1984
AVG. YEARLY TEMP IN DEGREES
5
FAHRENHEIT (1960-2010) Every
years
Year
Temperature
48
Temp
47.5
1960 (t= 0)
44.45
1965 (t=5)
43.29
1970 (t=10)
43.61
1975 (t=15)
43.35
1980 (t=20)
46.66
47
46.5
46
Temperature
45.5
1985 (t=25)
45.71
45
1990 (t=30)
45.53
44.5
1995 (t=35)
45.86
44
2000 (t=40)
46.23
43.5
2005 (t=45)
y = 0.0718x + 43.607
R² = 0.5423
Linear (Temperature)
Linear (Temperature)
r = 0.736
43
0
20
AVG. YEARLY TEMPERATURE
40
60
AVERAGE CO₂ EMISSIONS (1960-2010)
400
CO₂ Emissions (PPM)
Year
0
316.9
y = 1.4085x + 312.53
R² = 0.9878
350
5
320300
10
325.7250
15
331.1
20
338.7
25
345.9150
30
354.2100
35
360.6
40
369.4
45
379.7
CO2 Emissions (PPM)
200
CO2 Emissions (PPM)
Series1
Linear (Series1)
50
r = 0.993
0
0
20
40
60
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION LEVELS
Definition: The current rise in
average temperature of Earth’s
oceans and atmosphere.
How it affects living beings:
Sea Ice & Glaciers Melt
Birds stay up North
More intense hurricanes
Sea level rises
My Answer:
Yes
DO THESE MODELS SUPPORT “GLOBAL WARMING????”
CONCLUSIONS……
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For both sets of data the graphs
linear graphs increase. In
particular both sets of data show
that as more time passed, both
the average yearly temperature
and the carbon emissions levels
increased.
However the correlation is
stronger for carbon emissions
than that for measuring the
average yearly temperature. This
is indicated by each correlation
coefficient.
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These results indicate that global
warming is an issue that needs to
studied for the future of the planet.