WAB Learns: G06: Sciences Electricity: Climate Change

Books from our catalog

Global Warming by Chris Oxlade
Call Number: 363.7 OXL
ISBN: 9780736832953
Publication Date: 2003
What If the Polar Ice Caps Melted? by Katherine Friedman
Call Number: 363.738 FRI
ISBN: 0516239147
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Our Warming Planet by Cheng Puay Lim
Call Number: 363.738 LIM
ISBN: 0739870149
Pandemic! by Connie Goldsmith
ISBN: 9781512452150
Publication Date: 2018

How to curb climate change

The most effective ways to curb climate change might surprise you
The planet is barreling toward 1.5 degrees of global warming as soon as 2030 unless we enact “unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” a dire United Nations report warned in October.

To reduce our impact on the climate and avert disaster, it’s going to take more than switching to high-efficiency light bulbs. But the most effective ways that individuals, policymakers and businesses can reduce our carbon footprint might surprise you.
Let’s see how much you know about what can be done to fight climate change.

Six Degrees

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By the year 2100, many scientists believe that Earth's average temperature could rise by as much as 6 degrees Celsius. Join National Geographic on a degree-by-degree journey to explore what each rising degree could mean for the future of the planet and its inhabitants. This program illustrates how global warming has already affected coral reefs in Australia, the ice sheet of Greenland and the Amazon rainforest, describes possible future effects of increased global warming and discusses ways to increase energy efficiency and keep Earth's average temperature from increasing to the point of no return.

Breathing Earth

Breathing Earth this real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates (based on 2010 data).

Global Sea Level

Climate Change: Global Sea Level
Global mean sea level has risen about 8–9 inches (21–24 centimeters) since 1880, with about a third of that coming in just the last two and a half decades. The rising water level is mostly due to a combination of meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets and thermal expansion of seawater as it warms. In 2019, global mean sea level was 3.4 inches (87.61 mm centimeters) above the 1993 average
Is sea level rising?
Higher sea levels mean that deadly and destructive storm surges push farther inland than they once did, which also means more frequent nuisance flooding.
Sea level rise, explained
Oceans are rising around the world, causing dangerous flooding. Why is this happening, and what can we do to stem the tide?

Online sources

A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change
Learn the basics. See the impacts. Think like a scientist. Be part of the solution.
Exploratorium's Global Climate Change
At this Web site, you can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You’ll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena—how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions.
Global Warming
The current cycle of global warming is changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to rely upon. What will we do to slow this warming? How will we cope with the changes we've already set into motion? While we struggle to figure it all out, the face of the Earth as we know it—coasts, forests, farms, and snowcapped mountains—hangs in the balance.
Is our climate headed for a mathematical tipping point?
Scientists have warned that as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rise an increase in Earth’s temperature by even two degrees could lead to catastrophic effects across the world. But how can such a tiny, measurable change in one factor lead to huge, unpredictable changes elsewhere? Victor J. Donnay uses billiards to illustrate tipping points, chaotic motion and their implications on climate change.
Biome Viewer
HHMI BioInteractive brings the power of real science stories into classrooms
Games for Change
PLAY THESE GAMES ABOUT 'CLIMATE CHANGE' AND GET INSPIRED TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL GAME ON THE TOPIC!
Environment
Links to articles on Climate change and the environment
National Geographic Kids Climate change
Information, activities, quizzes and games.

Climate Change

Bill Nye the Science Guy takes a look at the possible causes of global warming in this live-action program. Viewers will find out how scientists measure climate change, see how carbon dioxide affects the temperature of Earth's atmosphere and learn about fossil fuels and increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Part of The Eyes of Nye series.

Links Climate Change

No quick fix for global warming
Ocean acidification
Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,” and for good reason: it's a significant and harmful consequence of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that we don't see or feel because its effects are happening underwater. At least one-quarter of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released by burning coal, oil and gas doesn't stay in the air, but instead dissolves into the ocean.
Removing Harmful Greenhouse Gases from the Air Using Energy from Plants
However, too much of CO2 in our air can be a bad thing. Humans are responsible for producing large amounts of CO2. Every day we use fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, or natural gas, which we find deep underground in solid, liquid, or gas forms) in our cars or power plants, or we cut down forests. All these activities combined have caused the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere to increase to levels not seen on earth in 55 million years.
WWF response to Effects of climate change
To adequately address the climate crisis we must urgently reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the consequences of global warming, which the world is already experiencing. Combining global outreach with local expertise, WWF...
The enhanced greenhouse effect
Without the greenhouse effect we would be living in a very chilly place—the world's average temperature would be minus 18°C, instead of the 15°C we are used to. So what is the greenhouse effect, and how does it make Earth around 33°C warmer?