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Studies of past climates provide insight into the causes of our present climate. We require such insight to develop computer models that predict Earth's future.
The greenhouse effect: imagine the sun illuminating Earth in a bottle.
Bloom (2010) Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines. Sinauer Associates.
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Human-caused climate change a factor in...
Human-caused climate change a major factor in more frequent Mediterranean droughts Winter precipitation trends in the Mediterranean region for the period 1902 - 2010. High... More »
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Earth-Observing Satellite Mission Glory
NASA’s Glory Mission Will Study Key Pieces of the Climate Puzzle Earth’s climate continues to change at a rapid pace. In January 2011, NASA announced that... More »
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Targeting other climate change gases
NOAA study: Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide The direct warming influence of all long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today... More »
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Seasonal Drought: Southern United States
NOAA: Persistent Drought to Linger Across Southern United States While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to... More »
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Black Carbon and Climate Change
This data visualization (image) uses data from NASA’s GEOS-5 Goddard Chemistry Aerosol and Transport (GOCART) climate model to show atmospheric concentrations of black... More »
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Earth's Hot Past: Prologue to Future Climate?
Earth's Hot Past: Prologue to Future Climate? Study of Earth's deep past leads to look into the future The magnitude of climate change during Earth's deep... More »
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Global warming
Introduction The phrase global warming refers to the documented historical warming of the Earth's surface based upon worldwide temperature records that have... More »
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Greenhouse effect
Nuclear power
Last Updated on 2013-04-30 at 15:25
Nuclear power is the generation of electricity from controlled reactions within the nucleii of atoms that release energy used to boil water, the steam from which drives a... More »
Climate Literacy Handbook: Principle 5
Last Updated on 2013-04-26 at 15:59
This is a chapter from Climate Literacy Handbook.
Previous: Principle 4 | Table of Contents | Next: Principle... More »
Bicilavadora: Green Washing Machine
Last Updated on 2013-04-04 at 17:06
Bicilavadora
Challenge
In Peru, many women earn their living by washing clothes by hand, which limits the amount of laundry they can do each day.
How does it... More »
Model Climate Sensitivity
Last Updated on 2013-04-04 at 15:05
The response of climate to a perturbation such as a change in carbon dioxide concentration, or in the flux of energy from the sun, can be divided into two... More »
Global warming
Last Updated on 2013-02-25 at 13:50
Introduction
The phrase global warming refers to the documented historical warming of the Earth's surface based upon worldwide temperature records that have... More »
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