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Global Warming and Climate Change
(Global Warming Handouts.docx)
St Mary’s Chapel
Course
Bruce Parker
May 18, 2014
Handouts
Introduction
Glossary of Climate Change Terms
How fast is the Earth warming?
Carbon Budget (Specifies how much of our fossil fuel reserves we can burn to
limit temperature increases to 2° C)
Four major publications this year:
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The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and The
Royal Society “Climate Change: Evidence & Causes,” February 2014 (Link
to document)
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Table of contents – Q&A and The Basics of Climate Change
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How will climate change in the future? (Page B8)
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AAAS – What We Know – The Reality, Risks, and Response to Climate Change
(March 2014)
(Link
to document)
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IPCC
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National Climate Assessment (Link to
Web site)
Sea Level Rise
Earth System Tipping Points
CCDataCenter.Org
What needs to be done?
Environmental Organizations in the DC Area Working on Climate Change
Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Appendicies
Radiative Forcing (What’s causing the warming?)
Climate Sensitivity (Determines how warm it will get)
Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) (Scenarios for future emissions)
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RCP 2.6 Aggressive Emission Reductions
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RCP 8.5 Business As Usual
Earth Will Cross the Climate Danger Threshold by 2036 (Michael Mann –
Scientific American Mar 18, 2014 )
Ocean Acidification
The “Climate Debate”
What is Your Tipping Point?
(All handouts - zip file)
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