https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yRZZpk_9k8E
Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Conflicting Climate Change Reports: The "Global Warming Pause"
Hello Everyone,
Here are links to two articles drawing very different conclusions over whether global temperatures are increasing or not that showed up on my Facebook page recently (I have friends from all parts of the political spectrum).
Report: No Global Warming for the Last 215 Months. http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/08/report-no-global-warming-for-215-months/
The pause in global warming is not even a thing. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/feb/12/global-warming-fake-pause-hiatus-climate-change
And two more.
The Global Warming Pause Puts "Crisis" in Perspective. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2014/08/07/global-warming-pause-puts-crisis-in-perspective/
Who Created the Global Warming Pause?
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/09/global-warming-pause-ipcc
Article from Yesterday
George P. Bush and how the next generation of Republicans talk about climate change. Climate Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/29/3585527/george-p-bush-climate-change/
Katharine Hayhoe: Texas Tech University Climate Center
Dr. Hayhoe's Website
Here is a link to a couple of articles about Tech Political Science Professor Katharine Hayhoe. Dr. Hayhoe is a climate scientist whose research supports the conclusion that human activity have helped to cause global climate change. Dr. Hayhoe is perhaps unique in the debate about climate change because she is an evangelical Christian and she and her husband, a pastor, have written a book about climate change from an evangelical perspective.
http://www.katharinehayhoe.com/
Videos
Interview with Dr. Hayhoe- http://vimeo.com/88814969
Religion and Climate Change
Dr. Hayhoe interviewed by Bill Moyers (25 minutes)
http://climatecrocks.com/2014/09/13/dr-katharine-hayhoe-interviewed-by-bill-moyers/
Katharine Hayhoe: Climate Change Evangelist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1eGJLqxxKQ
Dr. Hayhoe Receives Death Threats
I was quite disturbed to learn that her views have led to her receiving death threats!! If you would like to know more about this then please take a look at the following articles. I think these articles show how misunderstood the process of science is by many Americans!
Texas Tech scientist sees intimidation effort behind barrage of hate mail. http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=4153
Newt Dumps Christian Climate Scientist
http://motherjones.com/environment/2012/01/newt-dumps-leading-climate-scientist
Climate Deniers and the IPCC Report
The I will list some links to some "climate change deniers" groups (this list is certainly not exhaustive). Finally I have included links to some interesting vides on both sides of the "climate debate".
IPCC Report
IPCC Summary for Policy Makers- http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGIAR5-SPM_Approved27Sep2013.pdf
IPCC Exaggerates Risks: Opposing View (USA Today October 14, 2013)- http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/10/14/ipcc-climate-change-heartland-institute-editorials-debates/2983941/
The Science Fiction of IPCC Climate Models. (Heartland Institute, October 12, 2013)- http://news.heartland.org/editorial/2013/10/12/science-fiction-ipcc-climate-models
Some Climate Change Denial Groups
Heartland Institute- http://heartland.org/
Climate Change Dispatch- http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/
GlobalClimateScam.com- http://www.globalclimatescam.com/
Climate Change Denial-http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/
Friends of Science- http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=158
Heartland Institute and its NIPPC Report fails the credibility test- http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2013/09/09/heartland-institute-nipcc-fail-the-credibility-test/
Videos
Rick Perry Debate- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoPvxcwZ5xw
Sarah Palin: Climate change in the new eugenics. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-palin-climate-change-eugenics
Global Warming Panic Explained- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxaxJNs15s&feature=player_embedded
Providing Insight into Climate Change- http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=394
The Truth About Global Warming- Stephen Schneider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_eJdX6y4hM
Bill Nye vs Marc Morano (CNN debate) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWT-EWKIR3M
Koch Industries and Climate Denial - http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/
Climate Deniers: Bill Maher- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OwFSLm4pII (careful, contains a few naughty words)
Recent Articles: Weather Channel Founder Says Climate Change is a Myth
Bad Bad Science: Weather Channel founder says climate change is a myth: FoxNews Insider. October 28, 2014.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2014/10/27/weather-channel-co-founder-john-coleman-climate-change-myth
Weather Channel co-founder's climate denial finds warm welcome at Fox News. Mdeia Matters For America. October 28, 2014.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/10/28/weather-channel-co-founders-climate-denial-find/201344
Plate Tectonics Cake
Now that you are experts "subduction zone dancers" do you think you are ready to try baking a "subduction zone cake"?
Thursday, October 23, 2014
The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change
Most of the slides from the global climate change portion of this presentation came from Katharine Hayhoe's website (she is a professor in the Tech Political Science Dept and the link to her website is listed on the presentation).
Global Carbon Cycle and Global Climate Change
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/C6iDTujQlIh73C
Further Reading
Climate Change FAQ- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Climate_change_FAQs
Causes of Climate Change- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Causes_of_climate_change
Global Warming- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Global_warming
Economics of Climate Change- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Economics_of_climate_change
Mauna Loa Curve- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Mauna_Loa_curve
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
- identify the major reservoirs of carbon
- discuss the two most important biological processes that result in a movement of carbon from one reservoir to another
- discuss the three ways that human activity has altered the global carbon cycle
- explain the Mauna Loa Curve
- discuss why climate scientists have concluded that global temperatures have increased
- discuss why climate scientists have concluded that this increase in temperature is most likely caused by humans
- discuss some potential consequences of global climate change
Intro to Ecosystem Ecology
NOTE!!! By the end of this class you should be able to discuss what is wrong with the diagram shown above!!!!!
Ecosystem ecologists focus on the flow of energy and the cycling of nutrients through the ecosystem.
Further Readings
Ecosystems- http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbed8c7896bb431f692c46/
Ecological energetics- http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbed787896bb431f692661/
Nitrogen cycle- http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbee847896bb431f69869c/
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
- diagram and discuss the flow of energy through an ecosystem
- diagram nitrogen cycle within an ecosystem
How does plate tectonics relate to coral reefs?
Atolls- http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/150305/
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/coral-reefs-1616280
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
i) distinguish between a patch reef, barrier reef, fringing reef, and atol
ii) discuss Darwin's theory of coral reef formation
Friday, October 17, 2014
Plate Tectonics
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/plate-tectonics-i
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/plate-tectonics-ii
Expected Learning Outomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
i) discuss the evidence for the movement of continents
ii) discuss the mechanism causing the movement of plates
iii) discuss what happens at plate boundaries
iv) discuss the variety of geological phenomena that can be understood in light of our knowledge of plate tectonics.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Baking an Earth Cake
One of my teacher-nerd Facebook friends posted this article.
How to bake a scientifically accurate cake planet.
http://www.sciencedump.com/content/how-bake-scientifically-accurate-cake-planet
Monday, October 13, 2014
How Old is Stuff?
Readings
James Hutton http://www.eoearth.org/article/Hutton,_James
Uniformitarianism http://www.eoearth.org/article/Uniformitarianism
Charles Lyell http://www.eoearth.org/article/Lyell,_Charles
Law of Superposition http://imnh.isu.edu/exhibits/online/geo_time/geo_principles.htm#super
Age of the Earth http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
How Do We Know The Age of the Earth http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/gtime/ageofearth.html#age
Radiometric Dating http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens211/radiometric_dating.htm
How Old is the Universe http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_age.html
WMAP http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Video
Radioactive Dating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1920gi3swe4
Cool Interactive Website
Clocks in Rocks http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualDating/files/1.0_ClocksInRocks.html
Powerpoint Presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/how-old-is-stuff
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student will be able to
- discuss the contributions of Hutton and Lyell to the development of the field of geology
- define uniformitarianism
- discuss why early geologists concluded that the Earth had to be much older than 6000 years
- discuss how scientists use radioactive dating to determine age
- briefly discuss how scientists determined the age of the Universe
The Earth: Part II
Readings
Structure of the Earth http://www.eoearth.org/article/Structure_of_the_Earth
The Big Bang http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-powered-the-big-bang/
Composition of Rocks http://www.eoearth.org/article/Composition_of_rocks
Igneous Rock http://www.eoearth.org/article/Igneous_rock
Sedimentary Rock http://www.eoearth.org/article/Sedimentary_rock?topic=49478
Metamorphic Rock http://www.eoearth.org/article/Metamorphic_rock?topic=50013
Rock Cycle http://www.eoearth.org/article/Rock_cycle?topic=50013
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
- briefly discuss the characteristics of the different layers of the earth
- briefly discuss the origin of the Universe by the Big Bang
- discuss the three different types of rocks
- briefly discuss the rock cycle
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/the-earth-part-ii
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