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Video: Carbon Crisis in 90 Seconds: NASA

Greenhouse gases:

VIDEO: Video: Carbon Crisis in 90 Seconds: NASA

SUMMARY

2:20 minutes

By burning coal and oil, people are adding old carbon to the atmosphere faster than plants and the oceans can take it out. The carbon in the atmosphere acts like a blanket trapping heat and making the planet warmer.
Credit: NASA

GOALS

To increase awareness of climate change and factors contributing to it.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

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ASSESSMENT

Assessment is at the discretion of the educator and how this video is applied.

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

NASA

The Author

Ginny Brown 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)

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