Thursday 1:00 PM- To those of you who were able to make it to class this morning I hope you enjoyed the irony of a global warming lecture on a snow day. For those that weren't able to miss it, no problem. Here is a link to the powerpoint presentation that I started on Tuesday and finished up today. Most of the slides from the global climate change portion of the presentation came from Katharine Hayhoe's website (she is a professor in the Tech Geoscience Dept. and the link to her website is listed on the presentation). You should be able to catch up on today's info by following the presentation
Global Carbon Cycle and Global Climate Change
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/C6iDTujQlIh73C
Further Reading
Climate Change FAQ- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Climate_change_FAQs
Causes of Climate Change- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Causes_of_climate_change
Economics of Climate Change- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Economics_of_climate_change
Mauna Loa Curve- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Mauna_Loa_curve
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
- identify the major reservoirs of carbon
- discuss the two most important biological processes that result in a movement of carbon from one reservoir to another
- discuss the three ways that human activity has altered the global carbon cycle
- explain the Mauna Loa Curve
- discuss why climate scientists have concluded that global temperatures have increased
- discuss why cllimate scientists have concluded that this increase in temperature is most likely caused by humans
- discuss some potential consequences of global climate change
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