W1 Global Warming & Your Carbon Footprint
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http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/cpr/login.asp
If you have not already done so:
Select: Diablo Valley College (NOT: Diablo Valley College oh)
After logging in you are to take a tour:
http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/tours...dent/stop1.asp
Then complete the CPR pre-test.
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Project Preview:
ARC-AWE-CPR & the ChemWiki
ARC: Academic Reading Circles
To improve comprehension collectively & individually through introspective, guided reading
AWE: Academic Writing Exercises
To improve communication & writing skills using gains in comprehension
CPR: Calibrated Peer Review
To improve self-awareness and critical writing skills using comparative peer evaluation
The ChemWiki:
To improve language & communication skills by expanding vocabulary
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There are 13 guiding questions that are to be answered in your own written words, and submitted on-line using the on-line references, which provide the background reading and information to develop the answers: One most important overarching reference relates to plagiarism, please read it carefully. The writing must be your individual written work alone, but you can share the information within your Academic Reading Circle (ARC) group;
QUESTIONS:
1. What is the greenhouse effect? The effect of certain trace gases in the Earth's atmosphere that causes some of the infrared (heat) energy that the Earth emits, upon receiving sunlight, to become absorbed and remitted into the atmosphere warming the air and the Earth's surface.
2. What are the 4 most important greenhouse gases? Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone.
3. How can relatively small concentrations of greenhouse gases have such a large impact on global surface temperatures?
4. Not all greenhouse gases contain a carbon atom. Why has carbon been focused on as the leading global warming concern?
5. How much CO2 is presently in the atmosphere? 0.04%
6. How do we know CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing? We know CO2 is increasing in the atmosphere because we are releasing more than can be taken up by plants and bacteria, and because we can measure the amount and compare it to what it was recorded to be in the past.
7. How has the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere changed over time in the last 200 years?....... over the past hundreds of thousands of years? According to Earth System Research Laboratory’s website, the atmospheric CO2 concentration has increased in the last 200 years from around 280 ppm to above 400 ppm.
8. How do we know that humans are responsible for the sudden increase in CO2? This is deduced by our lack of observance of any significant new contributor of CO2 in recent times other than human emissions.
9. What is the carbon cycle? The carbon cycle is the process by which carbon is transferred from CO2 molecules in the atmosphere to plants and bacteria (who pass it into the greater food web of the biosphere), as well as to the ocean’s surface where it dissolves, and is later reabsorbed into the atmosphere by means such as the decomposition of organic matter, expulsion from volcanoes, the burning of wood and other organic matter, and the re-uptake from the ocean water.
10. Why is burning fossil fuels the main focus of global climate concerns?
11. What are the possible alternative energy resources that can replace fossil fuels, and why is solar energy perhaps the most important among them? Possible alternatives are wind, solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear energy. Solar energy has only been able to contribute a small fraction of modern energy consumption needs, so it doesn't seem practical on the whole. Nuclear energy is arguably the most important alternative energy source if we’re going to move away from fossil fuels.
12. How does CO2 relate to: 1) the increase in ocean acidity, 2) to acid-base equilibrium, and 3) to what would happen if the buffering effects in the oceans were to stop?
13. What are the overall concerns if the carbon cycle’s CO2 equilibrium level is not re-set to a lower concentration level?
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SOURCES: Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Presentations
1. :Basics of the Carbon Cycle & the Greenhouse Effect - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Global Greenhouse Gas Reference
URL: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/basics.html
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History of atmospheric carbon dioxide from 800,000 years ago until January, 2014. - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Global Greenhouse Gas Reference
URL: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/history.html
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Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge: Powerpoint Presentation - SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...g-06.ed-JPL.pdf
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Mitigation of Climate Change: IPCC Powerpoint Presentation - Mitigating Global Warming
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...esentation.pdf
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Why scientists are (almost) certain that climate change is man-made - The Economist, Nov 2nd 2014
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...0Economist.pdf
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The science of climate change - The Economist, Nov 28th 2015
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...0Economist.pdf
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Three possible future paths for annual global greenhouse gas - Science Magazine: Nov. 2016
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20....2016.full.pdf
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Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change - New York Times, 2016
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...rk%20Times.pdf
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A heated mirror for future climate - Science Magazine: April 2016
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20....2016.full.pdf
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Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries - New York Times, March 22, 2016
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...rk%20Times.pdf
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Failure to address global warming will cost many lives - The Economist, Dec 10th 2015
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...0Economist.pdf
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Oceans and climate science - The rise in sea levels may be accelerating - The Economist, Jan 17th 2015
URL: http://chemconnections.org/Global%20...0Economist.pdf
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Rising Sea Levels May Disrupt Lives of Millions - New York Times, MARCH 14, 2016
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Climate Change is Weaponizing the Atmosphere - Bloomberg, JULY 29, 2016
URL:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...-for-your-town
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READ ® collectively interpret ® apply in your individual writing
This page is closed to all but your ARC-group. Use this page as a messaging, communications and repository tool to develop and edit answers to the guiding questions in Part ! as advised: http://chemconnections.org/general/chem106/Global%20Warming.pdf
Your ARC-group members, their e-mail addresses FOLLOW:NOTE: In your CPR submission you must write everything in your own words. Beware of plagiarism.Part 2 (Carbon Footprint): To be done independently.
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Complete the Nature Conservancy’s survey, record and report your respective personal levels relating to the following four areas:
Home Energy
Driving & Flying
Food & Diet
Recycling & Waste
Answer the related questions.
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In which of the four areas do you contribute the most carbon?
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In relation to the area of Home Energy: What can you do to improve your carbon footprint?
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In relation to the area of Driving & Flying: What can you do to improve your carbon footprint?
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In relation to the area of Food & Diet: What is the recommended daily energy (food) intake for you personally, using either the U.S. or Australian guidelines?
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How does your current diet compare to a healthy diet using the Australian on-line survey?
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What can you do to improve your carbon footprint relative to Food & Diet?
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In relation to the area of Recycling & Waste: What can you do to improve your carbon footprint relative to Recylcing & Waste?
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