What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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Review and Reflection Time.
In one sentence.
Explain what a ‘wicked’ problem is.
Can you think of another example?
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20 Questions. 20 Answers @ http://sciencedebate.org/20answers
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Climate 101.
Climate 101.
The KWL Chart.
Climate 101.
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1 | Mr. President, isn’t global warming the same as climate change? | Instrumental Record |
2 | How do we even know that the Earth is getting warmer right now Madame President? | Instrumental Record |
3 | But I thought the greenhouse effect was natural? How can it be (that) bad if it is natural? | Greenhouse Effect |
4 | How can such a small amount of CO2 have any impact on the climate of the entire planet! | Greenhouse Effect |
5 | Mr. President, I always thought that the ozone hole causes global warming and we fixed that? | Greenhouse Effect |
6 | Mr. President - isn’t there still a debate if climate change is really happening and why? | Humans/Variability |
7 | How long have we been studying this? What do we still not know about climate change? | Humans/Variability |
8 | Mr. President, how can we sure that humans are causing the recent warming? | Humans/Variability |
9 | They predicted global cooling in the 1970s! Global warming stopped for the last 15 years! | Humans/Variability |
10 | How can we predict the climate in 100 years when we can’t forecast the weather for next week? | Climate Models |
11 | Are our computer models of climate reliable Mr. President? | Climate Models |
12 | Mr. President, what will the climate be like in 50 or 100 years? | Climate Models |
13 | Mr. President - how big of a problem is global warming? How will this effect us? | Impacts |
14 | Madame President, will we have more extreme weather with global warming? | Impacts |
15 | Mr. President, surely this can’t be all bad - what are the benefits of global warming? | Impacts |
16 | Madame President, what if this is overestimated and a much smaller problem? | Impacts |
17 | Mister President: if all the scientists agree...then why are we still not doing something about it? | Solutions |
18 | But we can’t do anything unless China also does it - they are the biggest polluters today! | Solutions |
19 | Madame President, how can we fix this global warming problem? | Solutions |
20 | Mr. President - how much will this cost to fix and can we even afford to fix it? | Solutions |
21 | Mister President, the perfect solution is geoengineering! | Solutions |
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Homework Assignment #6 (due Wednesday 9/28): Climate Change 101.
Class 9
Monday 26 September 2016
Course Website.
Review and Reflection Time.
That was a lot of material. Please consider.
That’s what happens when you attend a talk, lecture, or meeting:
➔ Google, Wikipedia, Textbook, etc.