Climate Change and the Decline of Insect Population
Climate Change and the Decline of Insect Population Reading A short article that describes the decline of insect population due to climate change. This article by the Entomological Society of America focuses on the importance of insects in food webs and how climate change affects their distribution. Students will learn how a changing climate generally […]
Evolutionary Biology: Where Do We Go Now?
Evolutionary Biology: Where Do We Go Now? Video A video micro-lecture that describes different ways in which climate change affects behaviour, morphology, and physiology of organisms. This video lecture by Dr. George Gilchrist, Professor of Biology at the College of William and Mary, on evolutionary adaptation highlights the difference between environmental adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, […]
The Effect of Climate Change on Photosynthetic Pathways
The Effect of Climate Change on Photosynthetic Pathways Video A micro-lecture that describes the different photosynthetic pathways in plants and the potential effect of climate change on these processes and pathways. This lecture by Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland, created for the TROP ICSU project at IISER Pune, India, highlights the difference between C3 and […]
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Uganda
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Uganda Reading A reading from the report of the USAID titled ‘Climate Change and Biodiversity in Uganda’ that describes the effect of climatic and non-climatic stressors on its biodiversity and ecosystem goods and services. This reading describes expected changes in flora and fauna, increase in frequency and severity […]
Carbon Dioxide and Photosynthesis
Carbon Dioxide and Photosynthesis Reading An article in Nature Education Knowledge that describes the effect of elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on photosynthesis. This article describes how elevated levels of carbon dioxide causes an increased rate of photosynthesis, which is more pronounced in C3 plants. Students will learn about the different photosynthetic […]
Climate Change and Mountain Gorillas of Central Africa
Reading: Climate Change and Mountain Gorillas of Central Africa Reading A case study titled ‘Mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountains face new threats as their habitat changes’ from ‘Wildlife in a Changing Climate’. This case study describes threats to mountain gorillas that live in the Virunga Volcanoes Conservation Area of Central Africa due to climate-change […]
Ecosystem-Based Conservation in Central Africa
Ecosystem-Based Conservation in Central Africa Reading A case study titled ‘Mountain Gorillas Ecosystem Services and Local Livelihoods in Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo’ from the report ‘Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development – Harnessing Synergies and Celebrating Successes’. This case study describes ecosystem-based conservation of the mountain gorilla in Central Africa. It focuses on […]
Mapping Range Shifts
Mapping Range Shifts Teaching Module A teaching module that demonstrates the effect of temperatures on species distributions. This module by Linton et al. enables students to analyze data for a chosen species, from Natural History Collections, for its range shift due to rising temperatures. It includes the following activities: Reading a meta analysis by Pecl […]
Climate Change and Biology Education
Climate Change and Biology Education Video A set of two video lectures by Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, that discusses climate change education in the Biological Sciences. Lecture 1 is titled ‘Climate Change, Biology and Systems Thinking’ and discusses the importance of a system thinking approach to understand the causes and impacts of […]
Climate Change in the Life Sciences Classroom
Climate Change in the Life Sciences Classroom Reading An article by Amy J. Hawkins and Louisa A. Stark titled ‘Bringing Climate Change into the Life Science Classroom: Essentials, Impacts on Life, and Addressing Misconceptions’ in the American Society for Cell Biology journal Life Sciences Education. This reading discusses how climate change can be taught in […]