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Adaptation
Humans may devote resources to deal with climate changes that are already unavoidable, including improving levees to withstand rising sea levels, designing buildings to handle higher temperatures, and constructing dams to store water that previously was held in mountain snowpacks.
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Video: Energy 101: Cool Roofs - DOE
SUMMARY 2:17 minutes This video demonstrates how "cool roofs" can reduce the "heat island" effect in cities and suburbs along with associated... More »
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Video: Energy 101: Daylighting - DOE
SUMMARY 3 minutes This video demonstrates "Daylighting" — the use of windows or skylights for natural lighting and temperature regulation—is one... More »
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Daylighting Video - CLEAN
SUMMARY Video length: 2:44 mins Selected for the CLEAN Collection This video introduces the concept of daylighting - the use of windows or skylights for natural... More »
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Game: SMARTIC Arctic Case Study
SUMMARY Students will build off of an introductory lecture on climate change in the Arctic to devise a strategy to manage climate change impacts on the global scale (the... More »
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Video: TED Talks series - Steven Cowley:...
SUMMARY 9:55 minutes TED Talks series, FILMED JUL 2009 • POSTED DEC 2009 • More »
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Video: TED Talks series - Ellen Dunham-Jones:...
SUMMARY 19:24 minutes TED Talks series, FILMED JAN 2010 • POSTED JUN 2010 • TEDxAtlanta More »
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Podcast: TED Talks series - Pavan Sukhdev: Put...
SUMMARY 16:31 minutes TED Talks series, FILMED JUL 2011 • POSTED DEC 2011& More »
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Assignment: Natural Gas and the Marcellus...
Computer access for students is necessary. Selected for the CLEAN Collection. Developed by On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Project. This homework problem... More »
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Lesson Plan: The Resources We Live By
SUMMARY In this lesson, students use EcoTipping Point success stories to create illustrated geography books/PowerPoint presentations about the natural resources that can... More »
Case: Is Anybody Listening?
Last Updated on 2013-05-10 at 18:21
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The case is an example of how Western-based property law, Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, Public Law 93-531, has undermined traditional Native American practices... 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 »
Video: Energy 101: Cool Roofs - DOE
Last Updated on 2013-04-22 at 20:48
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2:17 minutes
This video demonstrates how "cool roofs" can reduce the "heat island" effect in cities and suburbs along with associated... More »
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group II:...
Last Updated on 2013-04-22 at 18:48
Originally published by our Content Partner: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (other articles)
Table of... More »
Video: Energy 101: Solar PV - DOE
Last Updated on 2013-04-22 at 18:32
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This video shows the basics of how a PV panel converts light radiated from the sun into usable power, whether on the electric grid or off—and... More »
Video: Energy 101: Daylighting - DOE
Last Updated on 2013-04-22 at 18:14
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3 minutes
This video demonstrates "Daylighting" — the use of windows or skylights for natural lighting and temperature regulation—is one... More »
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