Humans and Climate RESOURCES

Earth Science Textbook:

pgs.273-274, 299-300, pgs.359-377, and 380

Links:

National Geographic

Greenpeace

World Wildlife

NRDC
www.wecansolveit.org

Google search: "Climate Crisis", "IPCC", "Greenhouse Effect", or seach Google Scholar

Articles:

Global Temperature Change: From the Mongabay website. Located at

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0925-nasa.html

Sea Level Change: From The Guardian UK website. Located at http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/nov/25/frontpagenews.research

Carbon Dioxide Atmospheric Concentration: From The Guardian UK website. Located at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/13/carbonemissions.climatechange

2009 Update, Dominican University (pdf document)

Data:

Global Temperature Change:

1. Visit www.jcm.chooseclimate.org/jcm4
2. Once the Java Applet loads, you will see a description of the site on the left and four graphs on the right. Click on the “Layout” button at the top of the right side.
3. Select “1 Plot” from the dropdown menu
4. Click the “Plot” button from the left margin of the right panel.
5. Select “Temperature” from the dropdown menu
6. Unfortunately, JavaApplet doesn’t let you print! Because of that, I’d like for you to recreate part of this graph on graph paper. With a ruler, draw the X and Y axes, including numbers! On the graph itself, only draw the “AV” (brown) line from the Applet!
7. Run your mouse over the brown “AV” square on the right margin of the Applet. Next to your line on your hand-drawn graph, write the two-word description that appears.

Sea Level Rise:

1. Visit www.jcm.chooseclimate.org/jcm4
2. Once the Java Applet loads, you will see a description of the site on the left and four graphs on the right. Click on the “Layout” button at the top of the right side.
3. Select “1 Plot” from the dropdown menu
4. Click the “Plot” button from the left margin of the right panel.
5. Select “Sea Level Rise” from the dropdown menu
6. Unfortunately, JavaApplet doesn’t let you print! Because of that, I’d like for you to recreate part of this graph on graph paper. With a ruler, draw the X and Y axes, including numbers! On the graph itself, only draw the “TO” (navy blue) line from the Applet!
7. Run your mouse over the navy blue “TO” square on the right margin of the Applet. Next to your line on your hand-drawn graph, write the one-word description that appears.

Carbon Dioxide Atmospheric Concentration:

1. Visit www.jcm.chooseclimate.org/jcm4
2. Once the Java Applet loads, you will see a description of the site on the left and four graphs on the right. Click on the “Layout” button at the top of the right side.
3. Select “1 Plot” from the dropdown menu
4. Click the “Plot” button from the left margin of the right panel.
5. Select “Atmospheric CO2” from the dropdown menu
6. Unfortunately, JavaApplet doesn’t let you print! Because of that, I’d like for you to recreate part of this graph on graph paper. With a ruler, draw the X and Y axes, including numbers! On the graph itself, only draw the “AC” (black) line from the Applet!
7. Run your mouse over the black “AC” square on the right margin of the Applet. Next to your line on your hand-drawn graph, write the three-word description that appears.

Sea Level Rise (Model):

https://www.cresis.ku.edu/research/data/sea_level_rise/index.html