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Past Climate Change

Coring Glacial Ice

Ice Core Data

Pollen core data collection

Pollen Core Data

Distribution of North American Trees in past 16,000 years

Black-tailed prairie dog

Northern bog lemming

Eastern chipmunk

Global Ice Coverage Last Ice Age

Rainforests in: a. Glacial period, b. Inter-glacial period

Global carbon cycle

Change in Average Global Temperature

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Surface temperature trends from eo/2011/oct/20/berkeley-earth-climate- change-videohttp:// eo/2011/oct/20/berkeley-earth-climate- change-video

Model predictions of global temperature increase

Predicted surface change

Current distributions of biomes

Predictions for biomes after global warming

The Earth Ice Free

Global Ice Coverage Last Ice Age

Will species be able to survive current climate change? Maybe Maybe not

New Complications with Climate Change 1.Current species and populations are already stressed by habitat loss and environmental degradation 2.Habitat loss will make it harder for species to migrate to new areas 3.Global temperature may increase to temperatures that are much greater than species experienced in the past 4.Rate of global climate change is probably faster than in geologic past

Pikas may run out of mountaintop

Habitat Loss Orange County, California

Habitat Loss Habitat is the physical and biological environment used by an individual, a population or a species Habitat degradation is the process by which habitat quality for a given species is diminished Habitat loss occurs when the habitat quality for a given species is so low that the environment can no longer support the species

Ecosystem Loss Ecosystem is a group of organisms and their physical environment Ecosystem degradation occurs when alterations to an ecosystem degrade or destroy habitat for many of the species that constitute the ecosystem Ecosystem loss occurs when the changes to an ecosystem are so great and so many species typical of that ecosystem (especially dominant species) are lost that the ecosystem switches from one type to another

What are the main processes that degrade habitat and ecosystems?

Processes that degrade habitat and ecosystems Contamination/Pollution Human built structures Soil erosion Changing fire regimes Changing water use and hydrology Deforestation Desertification Draining wetlands

Copper Basin, Tennessee

Copper Basin today

Copper Basin – Superfund site

Restoration of Burra Burra Pit, Copper Basin Mid-1990sMid 2000s

Copper mine tailings, Butte, Montana – largest Superfund site in America

Mine tailings outskirts of Sudbury, Ontario

Restoration of Sudbury

Air pollution – Mexico City

Extent of Acid Precipitation

Rhine River Basin

Healthy Coral Reef

Dying Coral Reefs Bleached coralSilted out reef

DDT use in 1950s

DDT in Zimbabwe

Thin Egg Shells from DDT

Human Built Structures

Pacific or California Fire-bellied Newt

Pacific or California Fire-bellied Newt – don’t try this at home w/o washing hands

Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA

Snake migration in Shawnee Copperhead

Dandelion dispersal – along roads and railroads

Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon

Fish Ladders

The Dingo – Canis familiarus dingo

Dingo Fence – The World’s Longest Fence – New South Wales

Erosion and loss of habitat on Round Island, Mauritius

Smokey the bear

Smokey the Bear

Everglades Surface Water Flow