A game to learn about decisions, policies, and overall strategies to improve the climate resilience of a city.
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Game: Resource Management for Improving the Climate Resilience of Cities
A game to learn about the planning and management of resources in order to improve the resilience of cities to climate change-related events such as heat waves, ocean acidification, hurricanes, and sea-level rise.
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Has Humanity Pushed Earth into a New Geological Epoch: the “Anthropocene?”
| In this audio podcast from the Climate History Podcast, “Professor Dagomar Degroot interviews Professor John McNeill (Georgetown University) about the Anthropocene: the proposed geological epoch in which Earth’s environment is most profoundly shaped by humanity.” |
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Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges
This reading resource can be used by educators teaching Psychology or Social Sciences to show the psychological dimensions of climate change. It contains six sections that include
Reading: A Single-layer Atmosphere Model to Explain Atmospheric Warming
A reading to learn about the energy balance of planet Earth and to understand atmospheric warming by using a single-layer atmosphere model.
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Model/Simulator: The Geologic Carbon Cycle and Earth’s Climate
A model/simulator to learn about the geologic carbon cycle and its role in stabilizing the Earth’s climate.
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Teaching Module: The Impact of ENSO and Human Activities on River Hydrology (a case study of the Huanghe River)
A teaching module to learn about the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) by performing calculations and analyzing results for Tahiti and Darwin (Australia), and for the Huanghe River in China.
Visualization, Model/Simulator, Game: Build Planet Earth
A visualization/model/game to build your own version of planet Earth and learn about the Earth’s climate system and the factors that influence it by configuring various parameters and observing their effect on climate.
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Model/Simulator: Greenhouse Gases and Infrared Radiation
A model/simulator to understand the effect of greenhouse gases on outgoing energy flux, and to compare the absorption of infrared radiation by various greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and water vapor.
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Visualization: Radiation Balance and the Climate of a Planet
A visualization to learn about the factors that influence the climate of a planet.
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Reading: Climate Change in the Bahamas
A comic book to understand the effects of climate change on our environment, and specifically, on conch shells, coral reefs, and integrated ecosystems.
UNESCO Short Course: Climate Change in the Classroom
This is a UNESCO course for secondary teachers on climate change education for sustainable development. As mentioned by UNESCO, this six day course supports teacher education institutions to introduce climate change education into their pre-service and in-service training programme. The course is designed to give teachers confidence in facilitating climate change education for sustainable development across the curriculum and inside and outside the classroom. The course suggests that the teaching of climate change should go beyond the science classroom. It proposes a pedagogical framework, exercises, regional resource and facilitation guidelines to teacher educators.
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Video: Hadley Circulation Cell
Climate Science Education Series
Developed by Science Media Center, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Video: Ocean Thermocline
Climate Science Education Series
Developed by Science Media Center, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Video: The Earth System and Climate
A video lecture by Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland for TROP ICSU titled ‘ The Earth System and Climate’ that provides an overview of the Earth’s system and its climate. This video discusses different aspects of the Earth’s system and how they determine Earth’s climate. These include
- Sun
- Volcanoes
- Stratospheric chemistry/dynamics
- Atmospheric physics/dynamics
- Ocean dynamics
- Terrestrial Energy/ Moisture
- Global Moisture
- Marine Biogeochemistry
- Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Soil
- Tropospheric Chemistry
- CO2
- Land Use
- Human Activities
- Pollutants
Students will understand the Earth system. They will also understand the various factors that determine the climate of planet Earth. They will also learn about natural variability of the Earth’s climate and the role of human activities in climate change.
Use this tool to help your students find answers to:
- What are the different components of the Earth System and what is their role in determining the climate of the planet?
- What is the contribution of human activity to global warming?
About the Tool
| Tool Name | The Earth System and Climate |
| Discipline | Earth Sciences |
| Topic(s) in Discipline | Climate Change Overview, Earth System |
| Climate Topic | Climate Literacy; Introduction to Climate Change |
| Type of tool | Video/Microlecture (13 mins and 32 secs) |
| Grade Level | High School, Undergraduate |
| Location | Global |
| Language | English |
| Translation | |
| Developed by | Raghu Murtugudde |
| Hosted at | YouTube |
| Link | Link |
| Access | Online |
| Computer Skills | Basic |
E-learning Course: Understanding and Addressing Climate-related Challenges from China’s Perspective
An e-learning course to understand the science of climate change, climate change-related challenges, and opportunities/solutions to address these challenges for the world, in general, and for China, in particular.
Video: Continuously Habitable Zone
Climate Science Education Series
Developed by Science Media Center, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
