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E-Learning Course on Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics

Reading: Water Vapour Feedback and Earth’s Climate

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Earth Sciences, General, Physics

A reading that explains the phase diagrams of water on Earth, Mars, and Venus and discusses the water vapor feedback mechanism in the atmospheres of these planets that influences the greenhouse effect.

Video micro-lecture: Phase Diagrams and Earth’s Climate

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics

A video micro-lecture that describes the phase diagrams of water on Earth, Mars, and Venus. It also describes the water vapor feedback mechanism in the atmospheres of these planets that influences the greenhouse effect.

Video: Permafrost and Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography

A video that introduces permafrost and its distribution on Earth. The video also describes the changing nature of permafrost across several regions due to higher surface temperatures and the possible impact of permafrost thawing on Earth’s climate.

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Permafrost and Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography

A set of hands-on classroom and computer-based activities for students to learn about permafrost and to explore various web-based scientific data portals to investigate permafrost distribution, characteristics of permafrost, and the effects of thawing permafrost on the atmosphere and the environment.

Video Micro-lecture: Ocean Buffer Chemistry

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

A video micro-lecture that explains carbonate buffering in the ocean. It includes discussions on the changes in the chemical composition of the ocean caused by a higher concentration of dissolved CO₂, ocean acidification and the resulting effect on ocean biota.

Reading: Isotopic Compositions and Ice Cores

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Earth Sciences

A reading that explains how the analyses of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes from ice cores determine past temperatures on Earth.

Reading: Earth’s Equable Climate

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Physics

A reading that explains Earth’s equable climate in the past using the theories, Hadley Cells, Convective Cloud Feedback, Polar Stratospheric Clouds, and Tropical Cyclones.

Teaching Module: Orbital Forcing and Earth’s Climate

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences

A set of classroom/laboratory activities to reconstruct Earth’s past climate using isotopic composition data from ice cores and to highlight the influence of orbital forcing and atmospheric carbon dioxide feedback on Earth’s climate.

E-learning Course: An Introduction to Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

An e-learning course to learn the basics of climate change science, climate change policies, climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate change finance, and climate change action.

Game: Climate Change and Energy

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

A game to explore scenarios of future energy demand, allocate different energy sources to meet projected demands, and observe the consequences on carbon emission levels and global temperature.

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Reconstruction of Paleoclimate by Using Isotopic Composition Data

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Earth Sciences

Students will plot graphs to analyze data from the Vostok ice core in Antarctica, learn about the ice age and the gas age, calculate past temperatures using hydrogen isotope data, and discuss the possible impacts of changes in carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) concentrations on climate.

Use this tool to help your students find answers to:

How can you use hydrogen isotope data in an ice core to determine temperature?
How can the isotopic composition of air bubbles in ice cores be used to recreate past climate?

About the Tool

Tool Name	Lab: Vostok Ice Core
Discipline	Chemistry, Earth Sciences
Topic(s) in Discipline	Isotopes, Isotopic Ratios, Isotopic Composition in paloeclimate reconstructions
Climate Topic	Climate and the Cryosphere, Climate Variability Record
Type of Tool	Laboratory Activity
Grade Level	Undergraduate
Location	Antarctica
	Vostok Station
Language	English
Translation
Developed by	Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College
Hosted at	Columbia University: The Climate System course taught by Peter Schlosser, Stephanie Pfirman, Mingfang Ting, Jason Smerdon
Link	http://eesc.columbia.edu/courses/ees/climate/labs/vostok/
Access	Online, Offline
Computer Skills	Intermediate

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Climate Change, the Cryosphere, and Rising Sea Levels

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Geography

A classroom/laboratory activity that introduces the relationship between climate and the cryosphere, explains how sea-level rise can be predicted (based on average global temperature change), and triggers a discussion on the potential impacts of sea-level rise.

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Glacial Retreat in Glacier National Park

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Geography

A classroom/laboratory activity to learn about glacial retreat and to predict the complete melting of a glacier (specifically, for an example in Glacier National Park).

Visualization: Melting Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Geography

An interactive visualization to explore the effects of melting ice sheets and the resulting sea level rise on coastal areas.

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