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Slide No.BCC Teaching UnitVideo ScreenshotVideo TitleLengthVideo DescriptionInternet LinkRatingDateTopics for DiscussionMain Points/Terms to UnderstandNotes
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1Videos and Animations for Basic Climate Change
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Milankovitch Cycles1:48This video explains the Milankovitch cycles in a simple way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWJyeyV92W4
For rock and roll lovers11/14/12Explain the Milankovitch cycle and its impact on climate.Solar radiation, eccentricity, obliquity (tilt), precession
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5Basic Climate ScienceNatural Cycles: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 74:52This video explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part seven of a seven-part series by the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_10jtPCjQwVery reputable - natural variations vs. variations due to human activities7/2/121. What are 3 natural causes of climate variation and how to they affect temperature?
2. Are natural variations greater or smaller than variations due to human activities?
3. How do researchers attribute human activities with climate change impacts?
Describe a natural variation that you are aware of in your location.
What direct observations of climate change have you witnessed in your location?		1. a. Tropical Pacific Ocean cooling and warming patterns (El Niño and La Niña).
b. Volcanic eruptions (Mt. Pinatubo)
c. Ice age cycles (orbital changes).
2. 90% of global warming trends in the 20th century are due to emissions of fossil fuels and human activities.
3. Climate change impacts are identified through observations and models.
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Basic Climate ScienceTemperature Records Underestimates Warming3:41Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJR3ywIijoVery informative comparison of temperature models and actual trends2013How can global surface temperatures be determined from incomplete data?
Which parts of the Earth are missed by the models?
Which part of the planets are warming or cooling at different rates?
What trends have been observed in your location?		Since 1997, the globe is warming 2.5 times faster than predicted by the model. The rate of global warming in the past 16 years has been significantly underestimated.
Weather satellites show that the Artic is warming rapidly.
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6Basic Climate ScienceWhat is Climate? Climate Change Lines of Evidence: Chapter 13:36This video helps summarize what is known about climate and climate change. This is part one of a seven-part series by the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEPVyrSWfQEVery reputable - presents lines of evidence of climate change7/2/12What is climate?
What is climate change?
What is the difference between climate and climate change?
Name a few lines of evidence for climate changes.
Experts agree that the recent climate change is due to human activities - what activity is the major contributor to climate change?
How is the climate changing in your location?		Climate is measured by statistics such as temperature, rainfall and frequency of droughts. Climate change is changes in climate statistics over seasons, years, decades and centuries.
Emissions from the burning of fossil fuel leads to the increase in the Earth's average surface temperature. There is 90% agreement that global warming trends are due to emissions from fossil fuels and human activities.
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7Basic Climate ScienceSteroids, baseball, and climate change2:06This is an animated short with a good illustration of how weather and climate differ, and how climate is a statistical description of weather. AtmosNews takes a lighthearted look at an unexpected analogy, explaining why some people call carbon dioxide (and the other greenhouse gases) the steroids of the climate system. Statistics and extreme behavior are involved, whether we're talking about baseball or Earth's atmosphere.https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/attribution/steroids-baseball-climate-change***** (5-star)Feb. 2012Why are record high temperatures becoming 3 or more times more likely than record low temperatures?
What types of high or low temperatures are occurring in your location?
Extra GHGs (from burning fossil fuels) in the atmosphere are like steroids to baseball players, and the effect is seen in increased temperature of the climate system and more extreme high temperature events.
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8Basic Climate ScienceThe basics of climate change4:34Bill Nye narrates this short film on the basics of climate change.http://vimeo.com/28991442Fast paced, energetic and fun to watch review on the basics!2 years agoWhat does the simple lab experiment that you can do with thermometers, sealed bottles, CO2 and heat lamps show and how does it compare to climate changes in our atmosphere?
What are the impacts of recycled heat?
What percentage of energy is currently obtained from carbon-based fuels?
How much CO2 is currently released annually per year and where does it go?
What can be done to change from the huge reliance on carbon-based fuels?
How can you apply your education to help reduce the reliance on carbon-based fuels?		Recycled heat increases the amount of water in the atmosphere and causes changes in the hydrological cycle, more evaporation, precipitation and extreme weather. Consequences of increased GHGs and 4% more moisture in the atmosphere above oceans include the frequency and intensity of floods, storms, drought and fires.
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9Basic Climate ScienceGlobal Warming. Part 2 - Climates of the past6:26This video is the part of PBS documentary "Global Warming. What's Up With The Weather?" It describes how scientists use ice cores, tree rings, corals, and ice layers from glaciers to reconstruct a record of past climates. Part 1 of 5.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBDL8mL5GG4Excellent overview of multiple ways to study past climates4/2/08How are ancient climates studied in this video? What is present in ice that can tell you about past climates? What can trees tell us about past climates? What can coral tell you about past climates?The climate of the 20th century is unprecedented. The 1990s were exceptionally warm with no counterpart for 1000 years.
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10Basic Climate ScienceFrom Mud to Molecules5:53This video shows what deep sea sediments can tell us about past climates.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyUMpk3yRAkVery informative video explaining an ocean temperature dating system10/28/10How are ancient climates studied in this video? What is the marine snow named Emily formed of and what does it become? Where can molecular information be found in the ocean? What are fossil alkenones? What can deep sea sediments tell us about past climates?The number of bonds in the fossil alkenones indicate the temperature of the ocean (3 double bonds indicate cold water and 2 double bond indicate warm water).
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11Basic Climate ScienceTree Rings, Climate Change and the Rainy Season8:26This video shows the potential of dendrochronology (tree ring study) to shed light on climatic conditions of the past. Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory read the growth rings of ancient trees from the Mekong region to understand the history and workings of the monsoon. In addition, historical accounts are correlated with data from tree rings to better understand these events. https://vimeo.com/6872454Great connection between tree rings and climate changes and discussion of the impact of climate change on monsoon cycles 4 years agoHow do tree rings vary and what do the differences reveal about past climates? What is dendrochronology and what do dendrochronologists study? How do you see the tree rings without cutting down the tree? What comes out of the corkscrews placed in trees and what do they reveal? What do the tree rings studied in Asia (Vietnam) reveal? How will monsoon changes affect your location? Who will be most affected by changes in monsoon cycles? Failure of monsoons killed past societies and will be very detrimental to current and future societies. Changes in monsoon cycles are due to changes in the ocean cycles. Ocean circulation cycles such as El Nino drives patterns of evaporation, wind and precipitation across the Asian land mass and make the monsoon work. Climate change will affect the timing, strength and location of the monsoon cycles which will alter the monsoon (dry seasons will be drier and longer with rain at wrong times) and will impact people in Vietnam and other Asian countries who are dependent on monsoon cycles for food production.
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12Basic Climate ScienceModeling Our Future Climate8:43This video shows how data from the ice core record are used to help scientists predict the future of our climate. This is the final in a three-part series, which includes the first "Ancient Ice and Our Planet's Future" and the second "Life on the Ice".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGZmuMYixucVery general11/24/11How is CO2 measured in ice? How is the age of ice cores measured? How are models used to predict our future climate. Since what time or event has CO2 has been pumped into the atmosphere at rates more than the past 400,000 years?From measuring temperature and CO2 over time scientists can determine how they are related. When CO2 increases, temperature increases and when CO2 decreases, temperature decreases. When the planet warms, the ocean's ability to absorb CO2 decreases and the ocean' currents change. Increased CO2 makes the planet warmer due to the greenhouse effect.
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13Basic Climate ScienceThe Dynamic Sun - Stunning Three-Year Time-Lapse View3:57In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun's rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in its regular 11-year cycle. This video shows those three years of the sun at a pace of two images per day.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW7Nv4NREccClassical music spectacular with incredible view of the dynamic sun4/23/13What does the video show about the sun?
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14Basic Climate ScienceStriking a Solar Balance3:25Earth's climate depends on energy from the Sun. The Total Irradiance Monitor on NASA's Glory mission will continue measuring solar irradiance, which will contribute to the long-term climate record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz0JBSKRhf0
A little outdated and very general3/7/08How does the sun affect climate? How do humans affect climate?Planet Earth is an oasis of life, but without the Sun, our home planet would be a drastically different, inhospitable place. The Sun's electromagnetic energy makes life on Earth possible; solar power also generates clouds, cleans our water, and drives ocean currents, thunderstorms, and hurricanes. For three decades, NASA scientists have studied the unique relationship between the Sun and the Earth, and they are particularly interested in the role of the Sun in Earth's energy balance. This short film explores the vital connection between the Earth and the Sun, and includes an interview with Dr. Robert Cahalan, head of the NASA Goddard Climate and Radiation Branch.
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15Basic Climate ScienceSolar Influence: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 62:45The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part six of a seven-part series from the National Academies channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V2HYZbFLn8
Explains why changes in solar energy are not responsible for climate change and observed temperature increases7/2/12What are 2 sources of data for temperature trends in different layers of the atmosphere?
What temperature changes are observed in the lower and upper layers of the atmosphere?
What is pattern of temperature in the atmospheric layers expected from increased GHGs?
How do we know that the warming of the lower layers of the atmosphere is not due to an increase in solar output?
Weather balloons and satellites provide temperature data.
Warming is observed in the lower layer (troposphere) and cooling in the upper layer (stratosphere).
GHGs trap energy closer to the earth's surface and thus result in warmer air close to the surface.
If an increase in solar output were responsible for the recent warming trend, then the vertical pattern of warming would be more uniform throughout the atmospheric layers.
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16Basic Climate ScienceThe Earth's Energy Balance3:35Earth's energy balance will enable you to understand radiative equilibrium. You will also be able to recognize that the temperature of earth depends on the amount of solar energy that it absorbs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOAqECd70WwAnimation on solar radiation and radiative equilibrium1/6/12What does the temperature of earth depend on? What % of solar energy radiation does the earth reflect and what % does it adsorb?Radiative equilibrium - the balance between incoming short wave radiation and outgoing longwave radiation.
30% of solar energy radiation is reflected by the earth and 70% is adsorbed.
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GAO: Global Average Energy Budget of the Earth's Atmosphere1.16In eight steps, this animation depicts the path of sunlight that enters the planet's atmosphere, illustrating how that radiation is reflected, absorbed, and emitted as heat energy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2YCHRPYS8
Animation only, no sound8/25/11Not very effective
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18Basic Climate ScienceGreen' Earth Tour From Space | Video5:1525% of the Earth's surface is green with vegetation. The NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite detects the fine differences in vegetation across the planet and has delivered some of the highest detailed data to date. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fM2Ir2kfJwStunning graphics of global vegetation6/26/13What natural and manmade changes are shown on the earth's vegetation?
Where are climate transitions seen?
Can warnings of droughts or malaria be provided?
What do the graphics show about the vegetation in your area of the world?		Humans have impacts on the earth but the cycle of seasonal growth is a pattern of constant rhythm.
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19Basic Climate ScienceVenus, Earth and Mars: Atmosphere and the Myth the Habitable Zone4:45Many have used the concept of the habitability zone to explain Earth's temperate climate and the extreme heat and cold of Venus and Mars respectively. However, analyzing the atmospheric make-up of each of the planets, the habitability is not based solely on distance from the sun, but heat retention, another factor helping us understand whether life is in fact common in the universe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIvz89kK0N0
Comparison with atmosphere of other planets4/4/09Do other planets have greenhouse effects? What would happen on Earth without the greenhouse effect?
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20Basic Climate ScienceEarth from Orbit 2:17A look back at the best views of our planet from space in 2013, including true color satellite images, Earth science data visualizations, time lapses from the International Space Station and computer models.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sckOSMf-LpYVisualizations and time lapses from space with a beat4/2/13What do the visualizations and time lapses show?
What does it show about your part of the world?
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21Basic Climate ScienceThe Changing Face of Planet Earth4:10NASA satellites observe Earth's changes - both natural as well as anthropogenic. These changes include growth in population, deforestation, floods, drought, and fires.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgNnuLpYywUKeeping an eye on Earth from space - satellite views2/29/12What is the current global population? How much of Earth is covered by forests and how much is lost to deforestation each year? How many people are affected by floods each year?
How many people are affected by droughts each year?		7 billion people on Earth; 1/3 of Earth covered by forests; 50,000 square miles lost to deforestation each year; 500 million people affected by floods each year; 1.5 billion people affected by drought each year
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Our Beautiful Planet Seen From Space 20:33Planet earth seen from the International Space Station (ISS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_GlAOCHyE#t=23 Earth views from space1/29/11What do these views of Earth show and what do they mean to you?
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23Basic Climate ScienceKeeping Up With Carbon (NASA Earth Science Week)5:38Carbon forms living organisms, dissolves in the ocean, mixes in the atmosphere, and is stored in the crust of the planet. The ocean plays a critical role in the carbon cycle is key to understanding Earth's changing climate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgEZpX3n5mo
Informative and interesting 10/13/09Describe the carbon cycle. Where is carbon stored? Where is the largest reservoir of carbon? Why will the ocean become less effective at storing carbon with warming temperatures? How will marine life be affected by more carbon? How could changes in the ocean affect your location?Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through this complex cycle. The ocean plays the most critical role in regulating Earths carbon balance, and understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earths changing climate.
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24Basic Climate ScienceGAO: Depiction of the Global Carbon Cycle Changes Over Time2:25In six steps, this animation depicts the changes that have occurred over time to the global carbon cycle, including the amount of carbon existing in and moving between the planet's major carbon reservoirs before and after 1800.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Al93fr8icAnimation with oral interpretation8/25/11What is the annual impact of fluxes in the carbon cycle from human sources? What is the net effect of the use of carbon fuels?The acidity of the air and water, as well as atmospheric temperature, has increased due to carbon from industrialization.
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25Basic Climate ScienceThe Carbon Cycle: Oceans Absorb Carbon1:43NSF video that addresses the question, "Is the oceans' ability to absorb carbon decreasing?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVN0VA9Ydd0
Discusses consequences of warming of the ocean 7/23/13What are the 2 major factor that explain why the ocean sink for carbon could be decreasing?
What is the ocean temperature in your location and how is it changing?		Warm water holds less carbon than cold water.
Warmer climate slows the ocean circulation which slows the storage of carbon in the ocean.
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26Basic Climate ScienceThe Carbon Cycle: How Does Carbon Get Into The Oceans?2:00NSF video that addresses the question, "How does carbon get into the oceans, and how much is in there?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cigoLLN0OokGood quick view of carbon's entry into the ocean7/23/13How do changes in the atmosphere affect the ocean and what part of the ocean?
Name the 2 pathways that carbon gets into the ocean.
How much more carbon is in ocean than in the atmosphere?		Carbon gets into the ocean by physics (sinks into ocean at cold dense locations such as Artic and Antarctic) and by life (marine organisms).
The amount of carbon in the ocean is 50 times larger than in the atmosphere.
Carbon can be stored in the deep ocean for decades and centuries.
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27Basic Climate ScienceThe Carbon Cycle: Where Does Atmospheric Carbon Come From?1:52NSF video that addresses the question, "Where does the carbon in the atmosphere come from?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDvvl-4hoCcNarration on carbon with cool pop ups and background visuals7/23/13Name the 3 sources of carbon in the atmosphere.
Where do fossil fuels come from?
Describe the carbon cycle and the 4 naturals pools of carbon.
Where are the closest pools in your part of the world?
Three sources of atmospheric carbon are living things, the oceans and rocks/volcanoes. Fossil fuels came from plants and animals. The 4 pools of carbons are the atmosphere, ocean, land plants and soil on land.
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The Carbon Cycle: Where Does The Carbon We Burn Go?1:00Much of the carbon we are burning is not staying in the atmosphere. What's happening? Much of the carbon we are burning is not staying in the atmosphere. What's happening?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYB8LKXh3KINot the most clear explanation of where the carbon goes7/23/13What is the place called where the stored carbon goes?
How much carbon is in that place?
Where and what are the nearest carbon sinks in your location?		The carbon sink is where the stored carbon goes.
4 billion tons of carbon goes into the carbon sink.
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29Basic Climate ScienceThe Carbon Cycle: Can Plants Get Enough Nitrogen?2:33Plants need nitrogen. This NSF video addresses the question, "Can they get enough to meet the increased levels of carbon dioxide?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-jnUrXe_TUGood link between increased CO2 and plants7/23/13How will the extra carbon affect plants?
What will the food web look like in the future?
What agriculture or food impacts would you expect in your area of the world and other areas of the world?		Trees grow slightly faster under elevated CO2 but weeds grow even faster! There may be more red maples and fewer sugar maples.
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30Basic Climate ScienceThe Carbon Cycle: Is There A Carbon Tipping Point?5:21NSF video that addresses the question, "Is there a carbon tipping point after which consequences will become dire?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRmU9YzcvgGood insight on carbon and climate with great suggestions on how to increase carbon reservoirs in safe storage 7/23/13Describe the impacts that increased heat can have on forests in the tropics and on methane clathrates, and the subsequent consequences of those impacts.
What are methane clathrates and why might they be a big problem?
Explain why increased atmospheric methane is much worse than CO2.
What can be done to increase carbon reservoirs?
What is your country doing to increase carbon reservoirs?		The carbon cycle drives greenhouse warming. Methane is 60 times more powerful as a GHG than carbon dioxide. It takes a very long time to take carbon out of the carbon sinks. The less carbon we put in the sinks now, the less problems we will have in the future.
Increasing carbon reservoirs includes: replanting forests, planting forests in new places, storing carbons in soils, pulling carbon out of atmosphere and shallow ocean and storing carbon in the deep ocean.
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31Basic Climate ScienceThe Carbon Cycle: Are There Surprises In The Carbon Cycle?6:07NSF video that addresses the question, "Are there surprises in the carbon cycle that could lessen climate warming or make it much worse?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71-61BvZLLcGood insight that ecosystem changes are complicated and impacts from climate change are uncertain7/23/13What are examples of positive feedbacks? What are examples of negative feedbacks?
What sources could make climate change worse?
What is the relationship between the warming of the Artic regions and atmospheric CO2 levels?		Land plants store carbon. The high latitude Artic stores carbon in the soil. Increased temperature will cause release of CO2 from permafrost.
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32Basic Climate SciencePermafrost: The Tipping Time Bomb6:04One of the most feared of climate change "feedbacks" is the potential release of greenhouse gases by melting arctic permafrost soils. New research indicates a critical threshold of that feedback effect could be closer than we once thought.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLCgybStZ4gThe Permafrost Tipping Time Bomb!2/28/13Why is the melting of permafrost such a threat to climate change?
What is known about the probability of and speed at which CO2 and CH4 could be released from permafrost?
Is there anything that can be done to stop the melting of permafrost and what?		Large amounts of CO2 and CH4 could be released from permafrost.
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33Basic Climate ScienceThawing Permafrost -- Changing Planet NSF6:47Because of a warming atmosphere, permafrost -- the frozen ground that covers the top of the world -- has been thawing rapidly over the last three decades. But there is cause for concern beyond the far north, because the carbon released from thawing permafrost could raise global temperatures even higher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4OdKPy9rMMore good information on permafrost.4/7/2011How much permafrost is present, where is it located, how deep can it get and how old can it be?
How much has permafrost warmed in the last 20-30 years?
What is the danger of permafrost thawing?		There are 8.8 million square miles located on 1/4 of the land in the northern Hemisphere. It can be > 1000 feet deep (such as in Siberia) and 30,000 years old (such as in Alaska). Methane and CO2 escapes from thawing permafrost which leads to increased atmospheric GHGs and temperature.
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34Basic Climate ScienceThe Cloud Makers3:16Aerosols are suspended throughout Earth's atmosphere and the tiny varied particles play a mysterious role in human-induced climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgiy3Qo6gg1/28/11Why are aerosols a problem?
What is the concentration of aerosols in your location?
What can be done to reduce aerosols?		This video provides an introduction to aerosols - their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior. Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles. This unique instrument will unravel the microphysical properties of aerosols, and will shed light on the chemical composition of natural and anthropogenic aerosols and clouds.
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35Basic Climate ScienceHello Crud4:41Aerosols are small particles suspended in the air. Glory's APS instrument will help researchers understand the properties, the global distribution, and the chemical composition of natural and anthropogenic aerosols and clouds.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx34s0T_cf8Excellent overview on aerosols. A little difficult to understand the speaker's accent.2/16/11What is the source of aerosols?
How long do they live and how do they behave?
How are they distributed and how does their distribution affect climate?
What instrument is used to study aerosols?		The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) studies aerosols in a satellite (Glory).
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Exploring Ozone
Exploring Ozone2:20Leading atmospheric NASA scientist, Dr. Paul Newman discusses the status of the stratospheric ozone hole, including what causes the ozone hole to form and the role climate change will play in future years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfVMogIdr8Recipe for an Ozone Hole.10/19/07What 3 major items are needed for an ozone hole?
Where are ozone holes found?
When are ozone holes predicted to be back to 1980 levels?
How will climate change affect ozone holes?
What can be done to reduce ozone holes?		Ozone holes need high levels of Cl and Br, cold temperatures and some sunlight. Ozone holes are formed over Antarctica. By 2070, ozone holes are predicted to be back to 1980 levels.
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37Basic Climate ScienceAGU - Climate Change and Air Quality4Climate change will exacerbate air quality problems, says Jeffrey Stehr, PhD, atmospheric scientist at the University of Maryland. It has also led researchers to collaborate more as they try to understand the interactions between gases and particles that both warm the planet and harm people's health.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xm6UuGDgMInterview10/5/10What is the relationship between climate change and air pollution?
Where are the worst levels of air pollution?
What are the levels of air pollution in your part of the world?
What is being done to reduce air pollution in your location?
Global modelers, climate scientists and health effects scientists are working together with air pollution scientists to merge their data and try to understand what is happening with climate change.
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38Basic Climate Science7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine2:58This video is part of National Geographic magazine's 2011 year-long series on world population and describes how the population of the earth is changing and what this means for the future.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0Fast paced animation with lots of population statistics12/27/10What does 7 billion people mean? How much space do 7 billion people take?This is on population, not specifically climate change.
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Basic Climate ScienceThe Basics of Climate Change7:28The American Meteorological Society’s Paul Higgins provides a seven minute tutorial addressing the following questions: Is climate changing, are people causing climate change, how serious are the risks, how solid is the science and what can we do.http://www.cbsvideo.ametsoc.net/climate_basics2.mp4 Talk show formatIs climate changing? Are people causing climate change? How serious are the risks? How solid is the science? What can we do?
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40Causes of Climate ChangeWatch 131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds1While temperatures soared for many this summer, this video takes the longer historical view. It comes to us from our friends at NASA and is an amazing 26-second animation depicting how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1880. That year is what scientists call the beginning of the "modern record."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuY7GnmabfA
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41Causes of Climate ChangeGlobal land cover change from 8000 BP to -50 BP‬1:32This animation shows the global pattern of human land use over the last eight thousand years, a time when human populations began expanding following the origins of agriculture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTlIaf12-4
Animation on global land cover over time2/20/11Where did first populations start? Where are populations the highest now? What areas remain covered in natural vegetation? What actions or events lead to decreases in populations and increases in vegetation?Following the origins of agriculture, human populations began in Mesopotamia and southwest Asia followed by China, India and Europe. Events like war, famine and disease led to regrowth of natural vegetation.
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42Causes of Climate ChangeClimate Skeptic Richard Muller Admits Global Warming is Real and Humans are the Cause 23Interview between former climate change skeptic Richard Muller and Democracy Now reporter Amy Goodman. Muller explains why he has changed his views and what he thinks we need to do to address climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPuKxXUCPY
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Climate Change Causes1Illustrates the major contributors to climate changehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxykOZooxEY
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44Causes of Climate ChangeIs the Science "Settled"?1 hr 40 minFebruary 4, 2010) Stephen Schneider, professor of biology at Stanford and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, unpacks the political and scientific debates surrounding climate change. This course was originally presented in Stanford's Continuing Studies program.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmlHbt5jja4
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45Causes of Climate ChangeIs Earth Warming? Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 24.5The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part two of a seven-part series, available on the National Academies channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IuVzcp39rs
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46Causes of Climate ChangeHow Much Warming? Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 55The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part five of a seven-part series, available on the National Academies channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVvzVs1AKGY
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47Causes of Climate ChangeIncreased Emissions: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 45The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part four of a seven-part series, available on the National Academies channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlu21CNd34Q
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48Causes of Climate ChangeArctic Changes: The Big Picture 3Over recent decades, the Arctic has been the fastest-warming region on the planet. This video tells the story of how it has been changing, as seen from satellites above, and submarines below, touring through years of hard research — in three minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqWgoR5Xrg
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49Causes of Climate ChangeFrozen Earth5Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature. Glaciers and ice sheets around the world are melting at an alarming rate. By keeping an eye on Earth's ice from space, NASA satellites help us understand the global effects of climate change.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82edhYFfvR0
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50Causes of Climate ChangeEarth's Climate Gets a Checkup: Operation IceBridge5The Operation IceBridge Mission is an unprecedented six-year mission to study the Earth's polar regions, not through the lens of a satellite, but from onboard an airplane. IceBridge is the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sj6mxT5eDM
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51Causes of Climate ChangeCarbon and Climate Change in 90 Seconds2.5By burning coal and oil, people are adding old carbon to the atmosphere faster than plants and the oceans can take it out. The carbon in the atmosphere acts like a blanket trapping heat and making the planet warmer. NASA carbon expert Peter Griffiths explains.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85TQHzS88L4&list=PLPAKkZzDYfZ_l5_EJdcgMGEaUtRT5UL64
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52Causes of Climate ChangeThe Price of Carbon2.5Brief video produced by the Climate Reality Project about the consequences of carbon pollution and why we need to put a price on carbon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY-ZnpWbJdw
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53Causes of Climate ChangeAquarius - A Year of Observing the Salty Seas3Salinity is the amount of salt dissolved in seawater, which influences the water cycle. This visualization celebrates a year of successful Aquarius observations at various locations around the globe. Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studiohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xQP_B18vMw
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54Causes of Climate ChangeAquarius - Salt of the Sea2.5Salinity plays a major role in global ocean circulation and changes in salinity may impact regional and global climates. NASA's Aquarius mission is painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Ybq6TA_c8
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55Causes of Climate ChangeFresh Water in the Arctic -- Changing Planet NSF5Scientists are concerned that melting Arctic sea ice will increase the amount of fresh water in the Beaufort Gyre, which could spill out into the Atlantic and cause major climate shifts in North America and Western Europehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxXaT7yO4TQ
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56Causes of Climate ChangeSalt of the Earth (NASA Earth Science Week)5"Salt of the Earth" is Episode 4 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpJZGyS4Bw
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57Causes of Climate ChangeClimate, Ice, and Weather Whiplash7:10Informative video explaining the jet stream and the mechanics of extreme cold and hot in the US under a changing climate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7EHvfaY8Zs#t=89
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Climate, Jetstream and Polar Vortex7:27Multiple weather clips on the polar vortex of 2014 in the Eastern US, extreme rain in the Midwest and drought in West coast US, and short interviews with scientists on extreme climate change events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K2s2EjsXJI
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58Causes of Climate ChangeJennifer Francis - Understanding the Jetstream5:31A short review of how the Jetstream and Rossby waves work, and some emerging indications that the dynamics may be changing in a warming world. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nzwJg4Ebzo
Why is the Jetstream flow becoming more meandering?Jetstream, Coriollis force, Artic amplification
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59The Greenhouse EffectThe Greenhouse Effect3.5The temperature of earth has been relatively constant over time. This is possible because as the planet absorbs solar radiation, it also emits longwave radiation into space. Despite this radiative equilibrium, some longwave radiation remains trapped beneath the atmosphere of the earth and warms the surface of the earth. This phenomenon is called the "greenhouse effect."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCA60WnoMk
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60The Greenhouse EffectGreenhouse Gases: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 32The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part three of a seven-part series, available on the National Academies channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JX-ioSmNW8
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61The Greenhouse EffectPiecing Together the Temperature Puzzle 6The past decade has been the hottest ever recorded since global temperature records began 150 years ago. This video from NASA discusses the impacts of the sun's energy, Earth's reflectance and greenhouse gases on global warming.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjILZWW6Ko0
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GWPs, Emission Factors, & Carbon vs. CO28Analysis of the greenhouse effect, global warming potentials, and the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents in measuring the impact of greenhouse gases (GHG).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niotf0oHvQY
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65Climate IntensificationTowers in the Tempest4.5Hurricane intensification can be caused by phenomenon called 'hot towers', which form as air spirals inward towards the eye and is forced rapidly upwards, accelerating the movement of energy into high altitude clouds.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUG4-TEqPYc
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66Climate Intensification (move to Climate Intensification)Will the Wet Get Wetter and the Dry Drier?4With the help of computer model simulations this NOAA video describes climate intensification and its causes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAbMuefx3oE
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Supercomputing the Climate6Go behind-the-scenes of the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS), a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility capable of running complex models that give a picture of how Earth's climate is changing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0WsQYtT7M
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Meso-to Planetary Scale Processes in a Global Ultra-High Resolution Climate Model5The Community Earth System Model (CESM) is a fully-coupled, global climate model that provides state-of-the-art computer simulations of the Earth's past, present, and future climate states. This visualization shows hourly time steps of CESM1 total column integrated water vapor (TMQ) for one year.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4794mgJLTbU
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Taking Earth's Temperature4This NOAA video describes grid resolution of climate modelshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRayIgKublg
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Climate Modeling 101 - Grid Resolution6This NOAA video describes grid resolution of climate modelshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTz2YZoRLIs
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72Climate ModelingHigh resolution climate simulation - The real cloud computing6This animation shows near surface air temperature (colors), clouds (white) and precipitation (blue) from a simulation using the Community Earth System Model (CESM), maintained by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The global climate model was run at a resolution of about 25km. It shows that today's climate models are capable of simulating climate and weather phenomena in great detail, such as tropical cyclones in the Pacific, occasional cirrus clouds in Central Africa, or orographic precipitation over the Alpshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxsg7uvVSBE
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Patterns of Greenhouse Warming2Animations and graphics displaying results of climate model experiments conducted at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratoryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DurV9D4zVxs
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How Do We Know? Reducing Greenhouse Gases2NSF video on how climate models are refined and validated.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcI_KZcVYes
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76Climate Change and Sea Level RiseOcean Temperatures -- Changing Planet NSF6:05Observations document that the Earth's ocean is warming. As the ocean warms, it will also expand in volume, causing sea level to rise. This rise is in addition to the sea level rise that results from water added from melting ice and snow on the land. Today, there are large human populations living in coastal areas worldwide that will be affected by rising sea level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WyD2aiqP_sDescribe the relationship between climate change and ocean temperatures. What are the impacts of increased ocean temperature on storms and sea level?
Ocean - 70% of Earth' surface
Warmer ocean temp provide more energy for hurricane
Ocean temp study in Bermuda since 1954 0.5 deg C increase - 1 half watt/year increase. Transfer of heat from air to ocean.
tide up by 3.2 mm/yr - 1/2 due to ocean warming
Phytoplankton
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77Climate Change and Sea Level RiseOceans of Climate Change 4Oceanographer Josh Willis discusses the heat capacity of water, performs an experiment to demonstrate heat capacity using a water balloon and describes how water's ability to store heat affects Earth's climate.http://climate.nasa.gov/climate_reel/OceansClimateChange640360
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78Climate Change and Sea Level RiseRising Sea Levels -- Changing Planet NSF5In the past century, as the climate has warmed, sea level rise has accelerated. Scientists predict it will only increase, and they're studying changes in the ocean and land to better understand how and why the water is rising.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHbkmGljo_M
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79Climate Change and Sea Level RiseMelting Ice, Rising Seas (NASA Earth Science Week)6One of the bellwether species on the impact of climate change to our environment is the butterfly. Scientists say that warmer temperatures are affecting where butterflies live and breed, causing some species to migrate toward cooler climates near the earth's poles.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEuEqgdJXHg
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80Climate Change and Sea Level RiseHow Do We Know: Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet1Greenland is covered in so much ice that if it all melted, it would raise sea level around the world by 23 feet. While it's not all melting, scientists say that climate change is turning a lot of that ice to water. But, how do we know?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjIjnFaqgQ
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Arctic Glacier Collapses 2:56Steve Leonard and Arctic expert Jason Roberts looking for Polar bears. Glacier calving too close for comfort. From the program Incredible Journeys BBC.http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=zt8qoggxWVg&feature=endscreenWhat are the causes and impacts of glacier calving?Glacier calving
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82Climate Change and Sea Level RiseMelting Mountain Glaciers -- Changing Planet NSF7The world's glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates, and many scientists believe it is due to changes in climate. Dr. Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University and Dr. Douglas Hardy of UMass-Amherst discuss glaciers and how they melt, and pay special attention to Africa's tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjIjnFaqgQ
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83Climate Change and Sea Level RiseA Tour of the Cryosphere 20095The cryosphere is Earth's solid water: snow, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost, ice sheets, and icebergs. Direct measurements can be difficult to obtain, so scientists use satellites to observe the cryosphere and to monitor changes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjAXoETeVIc
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85Climate Change and Sea Level RiseForecast Mekong: Navigating Changing Waters9This USGS video is a form of science diplomacy requested by the U.S. Department of State to educate policy-makers and citizens in Southeast Asia about the vital importance of the Mekong river and delta in maintaining food security and livelihoods in the region. The video also seeks to make policy-makers aware of the potential impacts of climate change on people and the environment of the Mekong delta.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6V4-FDwtRQ
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86Climate Change and Sea Level Rise(Khmer) Forecast Mekong: Navigating Changing Waters14This USGS video is a form of science diplomacy requested by the U.S. Department of State to educate policy-makers and citizens in Southeast Asia about the vital importance of the Mekong river and delta in maintaining food security and livelihoods in the region. The video also seeks to make policy-makers aware of the potential impacts of climate change on people and the environment of the Mekong delta.(Khmer) Forecast Mekong: Navigating Changing Waters
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87Climate Change and Sea Level Rise(Lao) Forecast Mekong: Navigating Changing Waters12This USGS video is a form of science diplomacy requested by the U.S. Department of State to educate policy-makers and citizens in Southeast Asia about the vital importance of the Mekong river and delta in maintaining food security and livelihoods in the region. The video also seeks to make policy-makers aware of the potential impacts of climate change on people and the environment of the Mekong delta.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YC_2aOFnw
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88Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: (Vietnamese) Forecast Mekong: Navigating Changing Waters10This USGS video is a form of science diplomacy requested by the U.S. Department of State to educate policy-makers and citizens in Southeast Asia about the vital importance of the Mekong river and delta in maintaining food security and livelihoods in the region. The video also seeks to make policy-makers aware of the potential impacts of climate change on people and the environment of the Mekong delta.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAmwn-FBeEc
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89Climate Change and Sea Level Rise(Thai) Forecast Mekong: Navigating Changing Waters 11This USGS video is a form of science diplomacy requested by the U.S. Department of State to educate policy-makers and citizens in Southeast Asia about the vital importance of the Mekong river and delta in maintaining food security and livelihoods in the region. The video also seeks to make policy-makers aware of the potential impacts of climate change on people and the environment of the Mekong delta.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uoTGENsYnY
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Climate Change & The Global Ocean (NASA Earth Science Week)5"Climate Change and The Global Ocean" is the first episode in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLR-DtxfHPY
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Water, Water Everywhere! (NASA Earth Science Week)6.5This video discusses the water cycle, which is the movement of water around the Earth, and its importance to life. Changes to the water cycle affect climate and vice versa.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyb4qz19hEk
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92Climate Change and Sea Level RiseWater in the Anthropocene4Water in the Anthropocene is a 3-minute film charting the global impact of humans on the water cycle. Evidence is growing that our global footprint is now so significant we have driven Earth into a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene. Human activities such as damming and agriculture are changing the global water cycle in significant ways. The data visualization was commissioned by the Global Water Systems Project for a major international conference (Water in the Anthropocene, Bonn, Germany, 21-24 May, 2013). https://vimeo.com/66087863#
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93Climate Change and Sea Level RiseNOAA Video Series #3 - Integrated Ecosystem: A Tool for Ocean Health3How are our fish populations assessed? What is a healthy ecosystem look like and how can we monitor it. The NOAA, along with other ocean management agencies, have developed a tool called the Integrated Ecosystem Assessment that asks these questions and finds solutions that support the data. Ocean health effects everyone and it is important to know how to measure the robustness of our seas.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1NBLbxFLl4
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The Carbon Cycle: Effects On Ocean Life2What will increased carbon do to life in the oceans?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXdfxCN_xw
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Climate Change: The Effects on Our Air and Water - Part 110A short presentation by the Orange County Health Department about how climate change is affecting public health through impacts on air and water quality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkc6rOSo0w
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Coral Reefs -- Changing Planet NSF6Scientists are studying coral reefs around the world to discover the impact that warmer temperatures and increased carbon dioxide may have on the life cycle of coralshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-dqmL7dz8Q
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Lake Temperatures -- Changing Planet NSF5Scientists studying lakes in northern and tropical latitudes are finding that rising lake water temperatures are affecting the ecosystems of the lakes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXYVHiUwvPM