Climate Change
Research Project By: Patrick Kellar
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Sea level rise
Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/greatplains.html#impactecosystem
Impacts on Ecosystems in the Great Plains
Ten percent of the land area in the Great Plains is protected for wildlife habitat.Many of these animals rely on the availability of prairie potholes and playa lakes, shallow lakes that periodically dry out.
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Declining Arctic Sea Ice
Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades.
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Decreased snow cover
Satellite observations reveal that the amount of spring snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere has decreased over the past five decades and that the snow is melting earlier.
http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
Water vapor. The most abundant greenhouse gas, but importantly, it acts as a feedback to the climate. Water vapor increases as the Earth's atmosphere warms, but so does the possibility of clouds and precipitation, making these some of the most important feedback mechanisms to the greenhouse effect.