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Forcing factors are environmental processes that influence Earth's climate. They may be external to Earth and its atmosphere or may be internal to the planet and its atmosphere.
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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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Video: TED Talks series - David Keith's...
SUMMARY 15:56 minutes TED Talks series, FILMED SEP 2007 • POSTED NOV 2007 • TEDSalon 2007 Hot Science Environmental... More »
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Podcast: TED Talks series - David Keith's...
SUMMARY 15:56 minutes TED Talks series, FILMED SEP 2007 • POSTED NOV 2007 • More »
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Video: Earth as a System - WGBH - CLEAN
SUMMARY Video length: 5:30 min. This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN Collection based on the following review comments: This short video... More »
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Lab Exercise: Agricultural Consequences of...
In this lab, students learn how El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) upsets normal patterns of atmospheric circulation. ENSO’s warm and cold phase events... More »
Speed Science Fact Sheet: Climate and Climate Change...
Last Updated on 2013-05-26 at 02:12
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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 »
Fossil fuel
Last Updated on 2013-05-25 at 21:07
Introduction
Fossil fuel is any naturally occurring carbon compound found in the Earth's crust that has been produced by anaerobic conditions and high... 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 »
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