Species extinction due to climate change

Species Extinction Due to Climate Change Reading A review article on the proximate causes of climate change related species extinction. This article by Cahill et al in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B contains various case studies on direct and indirect effects of climate change that cause species extinction. These include habitat loss, change […]

IUCN Fact Sheet of Species Extinction due to Climate Change (Bramble Cay Melomys)

IUCN Fact Sheet of Species Extinction due to Climate Change (Bramble Cay Melomys) Reading A fact sheet of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the existential status of the Bramble Cay melomys species. The Bramble Cay melomys is the first mammalian species thought to have gone extinct due to human-induced climate change. […]

The Impact of Climate Change on Sex Determination in Sea Turtles

The Impact of Climate Change on Sex Determination in Sea Turtles Overview As a high school Biological Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about chromosomal and environmental sex determination in various species, and the factors that influence sex determination in sea turtles. This lesson plan allows […]

Ecological Niches and Biogeography: Mountain Gorillas, Bamboo and Climate

Ecological Niches and Biogeography: Mountain Gorillas, Bamboo and Climate Overview As an Undergraduate Environmental Sciences or Biological Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about ecological niches– their characteristics and the factors that affect them- and the biogeography of a species. More specifically, this lesson plan will teach your students […]

Biodiversity and Species Extinction due to Climate Change

Biodiversity and Species Extinction due to Climate Change Overview As an undergraduate Biological Sciences or Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about biodiversity and the vulnerability of species due to climate change. The biodiversity of plant and animal species on planet Earth is threatened by several factors such […]

Climate Impacts on the Silkworm Life Cycle

Climate Impacts on the Silkworm Life Cycle Overview As an Undergraduate teacher of Biological Sciences or Agricultural Sciences , you can use this set of computer based tools to teach about mulberry silkworm rearing, silk production and the economical impact of climate change on the sericulture industry. This lesson plan will allow you to teach […]

Impact of Climate Change on Mulberry Cultivation

Impact of Climate Change on Mulberry Cultivation Overview As an Undergraduate teacher of Biological Sciences or Agricultural Sciences, you can use this set of computer based tools to teach about cultivation of mulberry plants as an important food source of the silkworm, Bombyx mori for the sericulture industry. Mulberry is a deciduous treebelonging to the […]

Ecosystems and Food Webs

Ecosystems and Food Webs Overview As a High School or Undergraduate Biological Sciences of Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about ecosystems, biomes, food chains, and food webs and how the balance of an ecosystem can be disrupted by climate change induced insect outbreak.. Warmer temperatures and altered […]