Block 1: Climate and Agents of Global Change
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"Today the scale of our interventions in nature is increasing and the physical effects of our decisions spill across national frontiers. The growth in economic interaction between nations amplifies the wider consequences of national decisions. Economics and ecology bind us in ever tightening networks. Today many regions face risks of irreversible damage to the human environment that threaten the basis for human progress."
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Our Common Future The World Commission on Environment and Development 1987 |
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Required Reading
An introduction to the science of man-made climate change. (From
UNEP.)
Subcategories of Global Change.
The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).
1993 Report on the U.S. Global Change Research Program Houghton, J. T., L. G. Meira Filho, B. A. Callander
N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell, 1996: Climate Change 1995. The Science of
Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, 55-57.
Recommended Reading
The FY 1998 Global
Change Research Program
UNEP Climate Change Fact Sheets Bloom, David E., 1995: International Public Opinion on The
Environment. Science, 269, 354-358. 
References
Global Warming and Climate Change Brochure. From the U.S. Global Change Research
Information Office.
Glossary of Climate Change Terms.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Homepage. Bruce, J., H. Lee, and E. Haites, 1996: Climate Change 1995:
Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change, (IPCC Working
Group I Report) Cambridge University Press. Houghton, J. T. et al., eds., 1996: Climate Change 1995:
The Science of Climate Change, (IPCC Working Group
I Report). Cambridge University Press . Watson, R.T., M. C. Zinyowera, and R. H. Moss, 1996:
Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change,
(IPCC Working Group I Report). Cambridge University Press .
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Earth's atmosphere), after the Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
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Answer the following question:
Why did you choose to take this course?
Click here to obtain the assignment page. Re-acquaint yourself with your knowledge of world geography by
visiting the
Virtual Tourist - City.Net World Map
which provides general information on many world regions,
countries and cities. Link to the
Sensitive Map of World Climate Regions from the Department of Geography,
University of South Carolina. Your task is to report on the similarities/differences of
temperature and precipitation of at least two world cities. An ideal comparison would
include cities with the same longitude or latitude (northern hemisphere, southern
hemisphere or both). Preview other student responses to avoid duplication.
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assignment page. Participate in informal Internet discussion on the topic
Overview of Global Change.
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