SUMMARY
This booklet is intended to help people understand what is known about climate change. It lays out the evidence that human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels,are responsible or much o the warming and related changes being observed around the world.
Second, it summarizes projections of future climate changes and impacts expected in this century and beyond.
GOALS
To demonstrate how science can help form choices about managing and reducing the risks posed by climate change.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS
The information is based on a number of National Research Council reports (see inside backcover), each of which represents the consensus of experts who have reviewed hundreds of studies describing many years of accumulating evidence.
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Climate Change: Lines of Evidence
TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE
This resource gives a broad overview of climate change causes and impacts. It offers the opportunity for discussion of solutions and behavior changes. This resource could be used a background information to set the stage for higher level, focused coursed on climate change.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment is at the discretion of the educator and how this information is applied.
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
National Resource Council
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The Author
Ginny Brown came to NCSE as the Project Director for the NSF funded CAMEL (Climate, Adaptation, Mitigation, E-Learning) project. This work centers on developing a community of climate change educators, researchers and students to combat the impact of climate change.
Ginny has twelve years experience in working with academia at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Prior to coming to NCSE, Ginny was the Program Director for the Vulcan Mater ... (Full Bio)
SUMMARY
This booklet is intended to help people understand what is known about climate change. It lays out the evidence that human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels,are responsible or much o the warming and related changes being observed around the world.
Second, it summarizes projections of future climate changes and impacts expected in this century and beyond.
GOALS
To demonstrate how science can help form choices about managing and reducing the risks posed by climate change.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS
The information is based on a number of National Research Council reports (see inside backcover), each of which represents the consensus of experts who have reviewed hundreds of studies describing many years of accumulating evidence.
VIEW >>
Climate Change: Lines of Evidence
TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE
This resource gives a broad overview of climate change causes and impacts. It offers the opportunity for discussion of solutions and behavior changes. This resource could be used a background information to set the stage for higher level, focused coursed on climate change.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment is at the discretion of the educator and how this information is applied.
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
National Resource Council
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