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Studies of past climates provide insight into the causes of our present climate.
We require such insight to develop computer models that predict Earth's future.
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Lab: Greenhouse Gas Inventory exercise
SUMMARY 2 hours. In this lab, students use and become familiar with the college’s greenhouse gas inventory and the... More »
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Global warming is epic, long-term study says
(CNN) -- Global warming has propelled Earth's climate from one of its coldest decades since the last ice age to one of its hottest -- in just one century. A heat spike... More »
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Speed Science Fact Sheet: Greenhouse Gases...
SUMMARY These Speed Science Fact Sheets and presentation videos are approved for use in educational, research and extension settings. The fact sheets were developed and... More »
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Speed Science Fact Sheet: Climate and Climate...
SUMMARY These Speed Science Fact Sheets and presentation videos are approved for use in educational, research and extension settings. The fact sheets were developed and... More »
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Gallery of Greenhouse Gas Molecules - CLEAN
SUMMARY Selected for the CLEAN Collection. This static visualization from Global Warming Art depicts the chemical characteristics of eight greenhouse gas molecules -... More »
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Our Changing Planet: USGCRP Report - 2013
The interagency U.S. Global Change Research Program<http://www.globalchange.gov/> has delivered its FY 13 report to Congress. "Our Changing... More »
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Roundtable Recording: Messaging the Latest...
SUMMARY Roundtable Recording: Messaging the Latest Storm ►Download a recording of the October 31, 2012 roundtable: Messagin More »
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Join the Discussion - Blog sites
A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed... More »
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Climate Change Course
Climate Change, a topic that includes Global Warming, refers to the relatively abrupt shift in weather patterns during the last hundred years. This free online course... More »
Lab: Greenhouse Gas Inventory exercise
Last Updated on 2013-05-16 at 20:16
SUMMARY
2 hours.
In this lab,
students
use
and
become
familiar
with
the
college’s
greenhouse
gas
inventory and
the... More »
Reducing Dickinson's Carbon Footprint
Last Updated on 2013-05-16 at 20:15
SUMMARY
Students in this service learning/community-based research course worked together as a consulting team to research options for reducing campus greenhouse gas (GHG)... More »
Simulation - C-ROADS
Last Updated on 2013-05-14 at 20:33
SUMMARY
C-ROADS is a computer simulation that helps people understand the long-term climate impacts of policy scenarios to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It allows for... More »
Simulation: Climate Momentum
Last Updated on 2013-05-14 at 17:13
SUMMARY
A flash tool with fast insights. This Climate Momentum Simulation allows users to quickly compare the resulting sea level rise, temperature change, atmospheric CO2,... More »
Simulation - C-Learn: the International Climate Change...
Last Updated on 2013-05-13 at 20:08
SUMMARY
Selected for the CLEAN Collection. Activity description by CLEAN reviewers.
C-Learn is a simplified version of the C-ROADS simulator. Its primary purpose is to... More »
From Kyoto to Copenhagen, Negotiating the Future of...
Last Updated on 2013-05-10 at 00:39
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In this interdisciplinary course students studied climate science and policy and applied their knowledge conducting field research interviewing delegates to the... More »
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