Impacts of climate change – Introduction
Interactive
Photos:
An H5P Agamotto image sequence illustrates flooding, coral bleaching, drought, and glacier loss as impacts of climate change.
English, German, Spanish (CREA)
Interactive
2023-02-09
This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.
What does this mean?
How to reference this medium
The following can be seen in “before – after” fade-outs:
• Flooding in the Ayutthaya and Pathum provinces in central Thailand (images 1 and 2)
• An intact coral reef and a coral reef affected by coral bleaching (images 3 and 4)
• The shrinking of Lake Mead between 2000 and 2015 (images 5 and 6)
• The Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park in 1883 and 2015 (images 7 and 8).
• Flooding in the Ayutthaya and Pathum provinces in central Thailand (images 1 and 2)
• An intact coral reef and a coral reef affected by coral bleaching (images 3 and 4)
• The shrinking of Lake Mead between 2000 and 2015 (images 5 and 6)
• The Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park in 1883 and 2015 (images 7 and 8).
Illustration
Biology; Chemistry; Geography; Physics
Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
Middle/high school
Climate change; Ecology; Emission (environment); Environment (general); Environmental protection; Greenhouse effect; Pollution of the environment; Renewable energy; Climate change; Ecology (environmental protection); Emission pollution; H5P
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
media&data gmbh unter Verwendung von Materialien von: NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. - Nasa Earth Observatory, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17303204 (Bilder 1 und 2; Lizenz: Public Domain); Jim E Maragos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/underwater-public-domain-images-pictures/colorful-underwater-landscape-of-a-coral-reef.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24932180 (Bild 3; Lizenz: Public Domain); Rickard Törnblad - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56370629 (Bild 4; Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0); NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86426/losses-in-lake-mead, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77376208 (Bilder 5 und 6; Lizenz: Public Domain); NPS Natural Resources - Glacier Processes: Lyell Glacier (Yosemite National Park) Retre-at, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110736007 (Bilder 7 und 8; Lizenz: Public Domain)
© Siemens Stiftung 2023
