1. Today: Global Climate Change: W 4/30 “Nobelity”
M 5/5 Field Trip to Wildflower center- 2pm
Bonus #3 due W 4/30
Final Reviews TBA

2. The complex molecules that comprise organisms are based on carbon

3. Carbon cycle
CB 54.17

4. Solar energy: incoming and outgoing

6. CO2 and other greenhouse gases keep heat from radiating back into space

7. CO2 levels in Hawaii and average global temp.
CB 54.24

11. Recent increases in global temperature have reversed a slight cooling trend

12. Vikings in Greenland in the 1200-1400’s

14. As the climate cooled, the Vikings were forced to abandon their outposts

15. 370

16. Relative contributions to Global Warming
~500 m people
~300 m people
~2.5 b people

17. Effects of global warming are already visible

19. Global Change & Human Health (2001) V 2 # 1 pg 64

20. Observed and projected ice cap melting

21. Precipitation changes 1900 to 2000

22. Change in risk of malaria by 2080
Global Change & Human Health (2001) V 2 # 1 pg 64

24. World Primary Energy Supply 2004

25. U.S. Energy use in 2005

26. Research money spent on alternative energy

27. Much of our Alternative Energy Research is in Biofuels

28. Research money spent on alternative energy

29. Today: Global Climate Change: W 4/30 “Nobelity”
M 5/5 Field Trip to Wildflower center- 2pm
Bonus #3 due W 4/30
Final Reviews TBA