1. Past Climate Change

5. Coring Glacial Ice

6. Ice Core Data

7. Pollen core data collection

8. Pollen Core Data

9. Distribution of North American Trees in past 16,000 years

10. Black-tailed prairie dog

11. Northern bog lemming

12. Eastern chipmunk

13. Global Ice Coverage Last Ice Age

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

15. Global carbon cycle

17. Change in Average Global Temperature

19. Statistics and climate change http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla yer_embedded&v=e0vj-0imOLwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla yer_embedded&v=e0vj-0imOLw

21. Surface temperature trends from 1800-2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/vid eo/2011/oct/20/berkeley-earth-climate- change-videohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/vid eo/2011/oct/20/berkeley-earth-climate- change-video

22. Model predictions of global temperature increase

23. Predicted surface change 1960-2060

24. Current distributions of biomes

25. Predictions for biomes after global warming

26. The Earth Ice Free

27. Global Ice Coverage Last Ice Age

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

30. 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

31. Pikas may run out of mountaintop

32. Habitat Loss Orange County, California

35. 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

36. 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

37. What are the main processes that degrade habitat and ecosystems?

38. 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

39. Copper Basin, Tennessee

40. 19261939

41. Copper Basin today

42. Copper Basin – Superfund site

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

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

45. Mine tailings outskirts of Sudbury, Ontario

46. Restoration of Sudbury

47. Air pollution – Mexico City

49. Extent of Acid Precipitation

50. Rhine River Basin

51. Healthy Coral Reef

52. Dying Coral Reefs Bleached coralSilted out reef

53. DDT use in 1950s

54. DDT in Zimbabwe

55. Thin Egg Shells from DDT

56. Human Built Structures

58. Pacific or California Fire-bellied Newt

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

60. Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA

62. Snake migration in Shawnee Copperhead

63. Dandelion dispersal – along roads and railroads

64. Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon

66. Fish Ladders

67. The Dingo – Canis familiarus dingo

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

70. Erosion and loss of habitat on Round Island, Mauritius

71. Smokey the bear - 1953

72. Smokey the Bear - 1960

75. Everglades Surface Water Flow