7.2 Climate Change - Causes & Impacts

Significant Ideas:

• Climate change has been a normal feature of the Earth’s history, but human activity has contributed to recent changes.

• There has been significant debate about the causes of climate change.

• Climate change causes widespread and significant impacts on a global scale.

Applications & Skills:

• Discuss the feedback mechanisms that would be associated with a change in mean global temperature.

• Evaluate contrasting viewpoints on the issue of climate change.