Objectives for the topic: Global Warming

Reading: National Academy of Sciences' Climate Change Science Pamphlet (on Blackboard)

Images to understand: None

After completing this topic, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the atmospheric components that lead to warming.
2. Identify the atmospheric components that lead to cooling.
3. Distinguish between what is known, likely, and uncertain in the climate change debate.
4. Explain how climate change prediction is done.
5. Describe the prevailing scientific view of climate change.
6. Describe oceanic and terrestrial sinks for carbon in the carbon cycle.
7. Describe geological sources of data for climate change, including glaciers, ice cores, and sediments