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MAKING CLIMATE MODELS

One way to study the climate is to go somewhere that

is strongly affected by it. Scientists often travel to these

places to gather samples, take pictures, or observe

ecosystems. But they

also use technology

to help them study HUMAN ACTIVITY

climate change. CAUSING WARMING

Some human activity adds
One of these greenhouse gases to the air.
Burning fossil fuels such as
technologies is a
coal and oil creates carbon
climate model. A dioxide. Fossil fuels are often

climate model uses burned to power machines
and cars. People drive cars
math equations. The every day. They work in

equations predict how factories or use machines
daily too. In 2016 China and
a change in the climate the United States each added

could affect the world’s more carbon dioxide to the
air than any other country.
ocean, air, land, or ice.
In the United States, the
The models use a lot biggest amounts of carbon
dioxide were from electricity,
of information, such as
transportation, and industry.
air temperature and

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