Atmosphere

Video: Introduction to the Atmosphere

Atmospheric temperature profile graph

Greenhouse effect readings:

What is the greenhouse effect?

A backyard greenhouse effect experiment that works. (We'll do this on the turf.)

Non-required reading:

The history of discovering and describing the greenhouse effect (long, but fascinating)

How past temperatures are determined from ice cores (short and cool!)

Global warming and climate change myths

Choose three myths interesting to you from the range you were assigned. For each, fill out a notecard as follows:

Your notecards will be the basis for our next class discussion.

Consequences of global warming, from the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Summary for Policymakers

Read Section C. Be prepared to discuss how global warming would have these impacts.

Fixing global warming: Compare these two approaches. Which do you think would work better?

Read: EPA to set Greenhouse gas emissions limits

Listen to: The one-page plan to fix global warming