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UNIT 5: Global Change

This unit includes Chapter 17, 18, and 23 from the textbook.  

Scroll down for PPTs, review videos, animations, and diagrams.

Note:  Special thanks and acknowledgement to the staff at Pearson for providing the information and diagrams for the PPTs.  Also, thanks to Ted Ed for the videos.

Ch.18: Global Climate Change

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Visit 's website below for resources and news on climate change research and reports:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Waters of Paradise - Adapting to Climate Change in the Maldives:

 

Aerosols: How They Affect Atmospheric Warming:

The Changes Scientists Are Seeing In The Oceans:

El Nino 101 - National Geographic:

Studying Ice Cores In Antarctica:

Tree Rings Aid Study of Climate Change and Weather Conditions:

Studying Alaska's Ice and Snow to Track Climate Change:

Cloudy Climate Change - How Clouds Affect Earth's Temperature:

Why The Arctic Is Climate Change's Canary In The Coal Mine:

Is Our Climate Headed For A Mathematical Tipping Point?:

Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change - James Hansen:

Do The Green Thing - By Andy Hobsbwan:

How Do Ocean Currents Work?

How to Visualize One Part Per Million:

The Disarming Case To Act Right Now On Climate Change - Greta Thunberg:

The Secret To Rising Sea Levels:

100 Solutions To Reverse Global Warming - Chad Frishmann:

Websites & Articles
Check out these articles/websites below for more information on the following topics:
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The Greenhouse Effect:

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The Gulf Stream Explained - Thermohaline Circulation:

NASA: The Ocean - A DrivingForce for Weather & Climate:

Understanding La Nina:

Studying Ice Cores to Understand the Earth's Climate:

Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye - National Geographic:

Time-lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss - James Balog:

Climate Change - Earth's Giant Game of Tetris:

Inside an Antarctic Time Machine - Lee Hotz:

How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming:

Can Wildlife Adapt To Climate Change?

The Carbon Cycle - Nathaniel Manning:

How Long Will Human Impacts last?

Why Humans Are So Bad At Thinking About Climate Change:

Reforestation - Impact on Climate:

A New Way To Remove CO2 From The Atmosphere:

The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Fight Climate Change - Talk About it: Katharine Hayhoe:

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