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Monday’s Class : Climate Change: The Science
Before Class:
- Finish PS#4
- See this video about what causes climate changes CC Causes
- See the Effects of CC … Can you distinguish climate change from the ozone hole UV problems? and CC Slides, also see the Slide of GHG Sources
- Please read the GHG part of Arrhenius biography
- Read in DH’s Book: 277-309. You decide how in depth you should read this. It is all very important stuff, but you may find it sufficient to skim through it to get an idea of all the different factors involved in global temperature.
- If you want more information about radiative forcing, see this NOAA document.
- NPR: 2016 was the hottest year yet. .
During Class
- Do we want to go to Pete’s House on Friday as an optional class trip?
After Class
Wednesday’s Class: Climate Change, the Policy and Politics.
Before Class
- Read in DH’s Book: 309-314
- Please see Social Change
- Please see the video Response to CC Also see Sides about Human Response
- Please look up and understand what the Anthropocene Epoch is.
- While you read about the Kübler-Ross model, please ponder why I’d have you read this while studying human response to climate change.
- Please see this very short video by the Competitive Enterprise Institute , the leader of which, Myron Bell, Trump has chosen to lead the EPA transition team here’s the video from around 2006 CEI CO2 is life, a must see!
- Please see Science Guy Denial
- CC Policy
- We can speculate why Trump wanted the names of scientists working on climate change, but this isn’t the first time that there has been a Ban on talking about CC
- Midterm with some comments posted on main class website
- Please look at Jones Kammen paper for problem set. See Fig. 2.
- In Tech Review’s recent article, the feasibility of geoengineering is not questioned; instead, it is the consideration of how consensus for such a plan – whose effects would undoubtedly have global reach – could be attained. The article poses that the aggregate environmental and socioeconomic risks of solar radiation management would likely pale in comparison to the benefits of a reduction in global temperatures. Yet, the unequal distribution of regions harmed versus benefiting from a geoengineered climate reality is likely to inspire heated debates among global politicians and industry leaders.
During Class
- Big Exam!
After Class
Friday: We will not Meet at Pete’s House, but we will meet in our regular classroom. I’m sorry to change the plan. If after learning about what I do at home, you’re interested to visit, we can find a time to visit.
Before Class
- PS #5 is posted on main class website. Please read it consider how you will do these problems (without a calculator please).
- Please see Story of Stuff
- Please see Pete’s Energy Experiments at Home
- This article describes how the cost of climate change is more than what has been already calculated because the impact will be much greater on the days of greatest strain on the electrical system.
- NPR article about Environmental Impact of Food Choices and the calculated figures that compare different foods.
- Please read my letter to SLO commissioners regarding Phillips 66 Oil Train Proposal. Our officials rejected Phillips 66 proposal to build a rail spur that would bring oil trains to their refinery – through San Luis Obispo, by Cal Poly.
- Please read: Faced with the US retreat on Climate Change, Europe looks to China for leadership.
- The Pope, Politicians, and Business Interests
- The Daily Show attempted to explain some of the political issues in a language and humor common to the public.
- Environmental Justice: Who benefits most from carbon dioxide production? Who bears the burden most? Poor Countries Demand Payment
During Class
- Come to our classroom for class.
After Class
- Make sure you set up your webpage and enter it on the class project page (links on main class webpage)
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