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The Impact of Climate Change on NJ's Infrastructure

Provided by: Rutgers Climate Institute |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This video from Rutgers Climate Institute explains how rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and sea level rise will have a direct impact on transportation, energy, and communications infrastructure in New Jersey.
Students will understand how energy production and distribution will be disrupted due to climate change.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Engineering

Authors: Rutgers Climate Institute

Region: New Jersey

Languages: English

Positives

This video will show students how vulnerable New Jersey's infrastructure is to climate change.
Students will see how climate change is connected to many elements of everyday life.

Prerequisites

Students should have a good understanding of what is causing climate change because the video only addresses the effects of climate change.

Differentiation & Implementation

Art classes can make memes that show how some elements of the transportation, energy, or communications infrastructure will be impacted by climate change.
In English language arts classes, students can write a personal narrative about a time when their lives were impacted by transportation, energy, or communications systems failing due to extreme weather or write a fiction piece to illustrate an event in which this would happen.
Other resources on this topic include this video about why climate change causes more extreme weather, this Hot Mess video about how rising temperatures cause more severe hurricanes, and this video about engineering solutions for the future.

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