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Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter?. Why are species going extinct?. The complex molecules that comprise organisms are based on carbon. Fig 55.14. Carbon cycle. Solar energy: incoming and outgoing.
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Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter?
The complex molecules that comprise organisms are based on carbon
Fig 55.14 Carbon cycle
Solar energy: incoming and outgoing http://www.esr.org/outreach/climate_change/basics/basics.html
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CO2 and other greenhouse gases keep heat from radiating back into space http://www.esr.org/outreach/climate_change/basics/basics.html
Aren't these temperature increases just because of increased urbanization? Fig55.21
Aren't these temperature increases just because of increased urbanization? http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast15nov_1.htm
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A poorly sited temperature sensor in Marysville, California. The sensor is situation right next to an asphalt parking lot, instead in the middle of a grassy field, as it is supposed to be. The sensor is also adjacent to several several air conditioners that blow their exhaust into the air nearby. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1419
Annual average maximum and minimum unadjusted temperature change calculated using (c) maximum and (d) minimum temperatures from good and poor exposure sites (Menne 2010). http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1419
Poor sites showed a cooler maximum temperature compared to good sites. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1419
For minimum temperature, the poor sites were slightly warmer. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1419
The net effect was a cool bias in poorly sited stations http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1419
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Gases trapped in ice core bubbles can tell us about past climate conditions.
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Recent increases in global temperature have reversed a slight cooling trend
As the climate cooled, the Vikings were forced to abandon their outposts
Effects of global warming are already visible http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/glaciers.html
Relative contributions to Global Warming ~500 m people ~300 m people ~2.5 b people
Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter?