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Reading: The climate in our hands – Ocean and Cryosphere

The Office for Climate Education (OCE) presents a Teachers Guidebook that aims to support teachers in carrying out various activities on climate change and the ocean and cryosphere in their classrooms, and targets students of

Reading: Water Vapour Feedback and Earth’s Climate

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. Students will be

Reading: Photosynthesis and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

A reading that discusses the effects of elevated CO2 levels on the photosynthetic efficiency of field-grown plants. Students will learn about the difference in the physiological and biochemical responses of C3 and C4 plants to

Reading: Climate-Informed Development to Mitigate Global Poverty

A feature story on a comprehensive report by the World Bank that describes the threat of climate change to poor people and the ways to offset it through adaptation and mitigation strategies. The students will

Reading: Natural Selection and Evolutionary Rescue of a Species

A reading that shows that climate change can be a selective pressure in natural selection. It explains how the selection of a character that provides an adaptive advantage in a changed environment, leads to the

Reading: Molecular Vibration Modes and the Greenhouse Effect

A reading that discusses how chemical bonds in molecules respond to incident IR light and absorb IR energy during certain modes of vibration. The reading includes discussions on the vibrational modes of water vapor and

Reading: Hydrocarbon Combustion

A reading that introduces hydrocarbons, fossil fuels, and the products of combustion of different hydrocarbons such as carbon dioxide- a greenhouse gas. Students will learn about the products of the combustion of different hydrocarbons. The

Reading: Isotopic Compositions and Ice Cores

A reading that explains how the analyses of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes from ice cores determine past temperatures on Earth. Students will learn how isotopic ratios of hydrogen and oxygen in water molecules from the

Reading: Earth’s Equable Climate

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. Students will learn about Earth’s equable climate. They can use this

Reading: Books on Climate Change Economics

A set of reading resources to learn and understand the economics of climate change. About the Tool Tool Name Book List: Climate Change and Economics Discipline Economics Topic(s) in Discipline Climate Change and Economics Climate

Reading: Economics and Global Climate Change

A reading to learn about the economic analysis of climate change, and various economic policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Students will read about and discuss topics on the economics of global climate change.

Reading: Environmental Economics

A reading to learn about the economics of Earth’s environment and climate. Students will read and discuss topics on the economics of the environment. These topics include the different approaches used by economists to analyze

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