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Station 1: The Great Global Warming Swindle

  1. Summarize how the man-made climate change hypothesis was generated:
  1. What are the 5 main reasons man-made climate change hypothesis is wrong:
  1. What are the “real” causes of climate change that the article asserts?

Station 2: Oceans and Sea Level Rise by the Climate Institute I

Melting of Glaciers and Ice Sheets

  1. Define glacier:
  1. How do glaciers retreat?
  1. Describe the best documented example of glacial retreat:
  1. What is the current estimate of the net loss of ice?
  1. How is the mass balance of the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet negative?
  1. What are the two major impacts of the melting back of the glaciers and ice sheets?

Sea Level Rise

  1. What is the current sea level rice according to satellite measurements?
  1. What is albedo and how is it connected to sea level rise?
  1. What is thermal expansion and how is it connected to sea level rise?
  1. What is an uncertain factor that will contribute to sea level rise? Why is it uncertain?
  1. What does Greenland and Antarctica have to do with sea level rise?

Station 3: Oceans and Sea Level Rise by the Climate Institute II

The Sea Level Rise Debate

  1. What is the main reason there has been debate over the projections of sea level rise made by the model simulations?
  1. Why is thermal expansion difficult to predict?
  1. The uncertainty of the increase in temperature affects the ability to predict what key factor that may contribute to sea level rise?

Impact of sea level rise

  1. How many people are at risk for being affected by sea level rise?
  1. List some of the effects due to sea level rise?

Station 4: Oceans and Sea Level Rise by the Climate Institute III

Ocean Acidification

  1. How does climate change change the ocean’s pH?
  1. How will this acidification affect marine life?

Thermohaline Circulation

  1. What is thermohaline circulation?
  1. How could climate change the density of the oceans?
  1. How could climate change the salinity of the oceans?
  1. How could thermohaline circulation cause a disruption in weather patterns?

Station 5: Rolling Stone Article by McKibben

  1. What two countries are responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions?
  1. What is the significance of 2° Celsius?
  1. To date, how much has the average temperature raised?
  1. Regarding question 3, what are the current consequences of that temperature raise?
  1. What is the Copenhagen Accord?
  1. What is the significance of 565 gigatons?
  1. If carbon emissions keep growing, as studies project, when will we surpass the carbon emission allowance?
  1. If we pass the carbon emission allowance, the trend suggest the planet will become how much warmer?
  1. What is the significance of 2,795 gigatons?
  1. Regarding question 9, how does this number relate to the previous number of 565 gigatons?
  1. How is the burning of fossil fuels a much more complex issue than just protecting our environment?
  1. The article suggests a more efficient way of changing habits than taking them on as individuals. Describe:
  1. What industry holds the power to change the apparent climate change that is occurring? Why?
  1. How does the fossil fuel industry have political power? Why is that important?
  1. Describe the “fee-and-dividend” scheme the article suggests to affect change:
  1. Describe an instance in history when moral outrange affected change:
  1. Regarding question 16, how do you think the world could have a similar effect?

Station 6: U.S. and China Work Together for Climate Solution, So far

1. What are the names of the leader’s of the nations that are responsible for emitting most of the world’s greenhouse gases?

2. Why is U.S. and China relationship in question? Why is this important to note regarding climate change?

3. What have the two countries agreed to do in effort to address the climate change issue?

4. Of the two countries, which one, the U.S. or China, is considered to be more of a leader regarding climate change?

5. Why does China believe developing countries have a right to pollute our planet?