Section: Module 2: Lesson 1: Causes of rapid climate change | Climate Change and Public Health | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:- Identify pre-industrial era atmospheric CO2 concentrations, global temperature, ice sheets, and sea-level measurements variability.
- Compare the pre-industrial era variability of climate change with that occurring after the Industrial Revolution.
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Students mustView
Read the entire article. (6 minutes)
NOAA -
Students mustView
Read the entire article. (66 minutes)
Spencer Weart & American Institute of Physics -
Students mustView
Read the entire article. (26 minutes)
Springer Link -
Students mustView
Read the entire webpage (8 minutes).
Climate.gov
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Students mustView
Read the entire webpage. (9 minutes)
EPA
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Students mustView
Read the content under the heading "Link Between Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases, Industrialization and Climate Change", "Observable Trend of Global Average Temperature Rise", and "Contribution of Industrialization to Emissions Rate" (13 minutes)
Science Alert (Journal of Environmental Science and Technology)
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Students mustView
Read sections 3 (Role of forcings in large-scale climate change over the instrumental period), 4 (Variability generated within the climate system), and 5 (Example of long-term changes on local weather variability) (55 min).
IOPscience
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Students mustView
Read the entire webpage (4 min).
earth.org
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Students mustView
Watch the short video illustrating the changes in temperatures since 1880 (1 minute).
NASA