Saturday, October 25, 2014

Global Climate Change

Medieval Warm Period

The medieval warm period lasted from about 950 to 1250 during the European middle ages. It was a time where the global temperature increased in mainly in the northern hemisphere. After the medieval warm period, the little ice age occurred.


Little Ice Age

The little ice age was a period of global cooling that followed the Medieval warm period. Although it wasn't a "ice age" the scientists still considered it the little ice age. It happened around 1350 and lasted until about 1850, when technology started booming.

New Delhi Air Quality

New Delhi is located in India and the air quality there is poor. There is a big airport located here and it cause a lot of the pollution in the city. The airplanes let off a large amount of pollution which make the air quality poor. The ozone layer in New Delhi got extremely polluted over the summer and people with respiratory problems were told that they are better off staying indoors to stay healthy. Below is a picture of the smog in New Delhi.
delhi pollution