Undergraduate – TROP ICSU : Climate Change Education Across the Curricula Across the Globe

E-Learning Course on Climate Change

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

Data Visualization of GHG Emissions

Posted by TROP ICSU in Environmental Sciences, General

CAIT Climate Data Explorer by World Resources Institute (WRI) showcases the world’s top greenhouse gas-emitting countries with the latest global data available till the year 2013. This interactive chart can be used to explore it by country and by economic sector, showing how the top emitters have changed in recent years.

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Tool Name	World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Discipline	Environmental Sciences
Topic(s) in Discipline	Greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Topic	Climate variability record, The Greenhouse Effect
Type of Tool	Data Visualization
Grade Level	High school, Undergraduate
Location	Global
Language	English
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Developed by	Graphic by Johannes Friedrich based on work by Duncan Clark, Kiln, Mike Bostock and Jason Davies, Jamie Cotta. Data by the World Resources Institute (WRI)
Hosted at	CAIT Climate Data Explorer
Link	https://www.wri.org/blog/2017/04/interactive-chart-explains-worlds-top-10-emitters-and-how-theyve-changed
Access	Online
Computer Skills	Basic

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: What are Aerosols?

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, General

A quiz to understand atmospheric aerosols, their basic characteristics and impact on climate.

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.

Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Volcanoes and Climate

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, General

A classroom activity that teaches students about the different atmospheric aerosols and gases released during volcanic eruptions and how they can affect climate.

Video lecture: Plant Responses to Climate Related Abiotic Stress

Posted by TROP ICSU in Biological Sciences, General

A video lecture that gives an overview of how vegetation responds to climate change in terms of phenotypic plasticity, range shifts, phenology, and population changes.

Teaching Module: Plant Response to Climate related Temperature and Water Stress

Posted by TROP ICSU in Biological Sciences, General

This teaching module allows students to explore the role of stomata in regulating leaf temperature and water loss from plants under different environmental and climatic conditions.

Reading: Photosynthesis and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Posted by TROP ICSU in Biological Sciences, General

A reading that discusses the effects of elevated CO₂ levels on the photosynthetic efficiency of field-grown plants.

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.

Visualization: pH Levels of Oceans and Atmospheric CO2

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry, Environmental Sciences

A visualization that allows students to explore changes in the pH levels of oceans for different levels of atmospheric CO₂. It includes visualizations of CO₂ concentrations corresponding to various emission scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Reading: Climate-Informed Development to Mitigate Global Poverty

Posted by TROP ICSU in Economics, Social Sciences

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.

Reading: Natural Selection and Evolutionary Rescue of a Species

Posted by TROP ICSU in Biological Sciences

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 ‘evolutionary rescue’ of a species.

Video: Natural Selection and Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Biological Sciences

A video that shows that climate change can be a selective pressure in natural selection that can lead to the ‘evolutionary rescue’ of a species.

Video Micro-lecture: Modes of Vibration in Greenhouse Gas Molecules

Posted by TROP ICSU in Chemistry

A micro-lecture that describes the vibrational modes of polyatomic molecules, how these modes determine whether the molecules are IR inactive or IR active and explains why most IR active polyatomic gas molecules are greenhouse gases.

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