Climate Change
Memorie Yasuda
TeacherTECH - January 24, 2006


Notes to accompany the presentation. Please note that some of the information and comments within these notes are not necessarily the views of experts, but are limited to my own general observations about the subject.



Related Resources

General

Earthguide
An interactive and easy-to-use educational resource about Earth, oceans and the environment. Many of the links found below are listed in the resources section of Earthguide.
Earthguide

Global Change
Text from Scripps scientist and Professor, Dr. Wolf Berger.
Wolf Berger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Climate Change
Text from Scripps scientist and Professor, Dr. Wolf Berger.
Wolf Berger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

A Closer Look at Global Warming
Summary and resource described as - "Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, a new report by a committee of the National Research Council, characterizes the global warming trend over the last 100 years, and examines what may be in store for the 21st century and the extent to which warming may be attributable to human activity. The committee was made up of 11 of the nation's top climate scientists, including seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, one of whom is a Nobel Prize winner."
National Academy of Sciences


Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Keeling Curve
Observation of key atmospheric parameter over the last 50 years by Scripps scientists C. David Keeling. Data and graph in Excel format. This is an example of the kinds of basic datasets that will be available in Excel format on Earthguide.
Earthguide < Online Data & Books

Ice Cores Unlock Climate Secrets
News article
BBC

CDIAC
Observation of key atmospheric parameter over the last 50 years by Scripps scientists C. David Keeling. Data and graph in Excel format. This is an example of the kinds of basic datasets that will be available in Excel format on Earthguide.
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

Earth Fact Sheet
Composition of the Earth's atmosphere and other basic information about the planet Earth.
Lunar and Planetary Science, NASA


Global warming and its impacts

Global Warming
About global warming
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA)

Global Warming
General and related information.
CNN.com

U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change - Region: California
U.S. Global Change Research Program

The Discovery of Global Warming
Online text.
by Spencer Weart, American Institute of Physics


Carbon cycle

The Carbon Cycle
An overview.
NASA


Photosynthesis and Respiration & Decomposition

SeaWIFS Project
SeaWIFS measures biological productivity at the Earth's surface including the oceans using satellite imagery.
Goddard Flight Center, NASA


Greenhouse gases

Greenhouse gases
General information.
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy


Statistics related to energy supplies

OECD Factbook 2005: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

United States Energy and World Energy Production and Consumption Statistics
U.S. Geological Survey

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita
UN Statistics Division

World and U.S. population
U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau


Trying to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (Mitigation)

The Iron Hypothesis: Basic research meets environmental policy
A concept for mitigating atmospheric carbon dioxide involving the productivity of the ocean. Includes information on the concept of the biological pump.
by Sallie W. Chishom for the American Geophysical Union

The Iron Hypothesis
Excerpted from an article by Caroline Dopyera, Earth, October 1996; Palomar College


Societal issues

Kyoto Protocol
Link to text of the Kyoto Protocol.
Earthguide < Teaching Tools < Legislation and more


Off beat stories and more

"The Day After Tomorrow" Q&A Response
Comments about the major premise of the movie.
NASA and The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Earth at Night
Digital copies of the image and information.
NASA Planetary Photo Journal

What Happened at Nyos?
Not important for global warming, but an odd story about a natural source of CO2. CO2 naturally leaks from the Earth's interior from volcanic areas. In Cameroon, the sudden release of accumulated gas killed more than 1,700 people.
Michel Halbwachs and others

Capsule air and plutonium concerns for Apollo 13
Not important for global warming, but an adventure story about the importance of controlling CO2. The story of how Apollo 13 astronauts used their ingenuity to avoid disaster when their CO2 scrubber failed during their mission to the Moon.
Spaceflight Now


Earthguide diagrams

Global Energy Budget
Earthguide < Diagrams < Interconnections < Global Change

Photosynthesis
Earthguide < Diagrams < Biosphere < Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis Equation
Earthguide < Diagrams < Biosphere < Photosynthesis

Respiration and Decomposition Equation
Earthguide < Diagrams < Biosphere < Photosynthesis

Combusion of Gasoline Equation
Earthguide < Diagrams < Biosphere < Photosynthesis



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