Climate change: How do we know?

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This static graph of changes in CO2 concentrations goes back 800,000 years, showing the dramatic spike in recent years.

What Is Ocean Acidification?

This static image from NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Carbon Program offers a visually compelling and scientifically sound image of the sea water carbonate chemistry process that ...

PowerPoint: Climate Change and Sustainability
This is an introductory level presentation exploring the various definitions of the term "environmental sustainability" and the connection between climate change and human population growth and its ...

PowerPoint: The Psychology of Sustainable Behavior - Will Steger Foundation
Julia Baker
38 slides This presentation was featured at the Will Steger Foundation's 2008 Summer Institute. This PowerPoint was presented by psychologist Christie Manning. This short presentation explains the social ...

Powerpoint: Master Gardners Climate Resource Guide - NOAA
Ginny Brown
The Climate Resources for Master Gardeners Guide introduces elements of climate important to gardeners. This guide was produced by Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network in partnership with ...

PowerPoint: Global Warming: Emissions Sources and Solutions - Will Steger Foundation
Julia Baker
19 slides This presentation was featured at the Will Steger Foundation's 2007 Summer Institute. This PowerPoint was presented by J Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director at Fresh Energy. It focuses on ...

What's So Advanced About Advanced Biofuels?
Joanne Ivancic
Advanced biofuels, their feedstocks, biomass conversion technologies, deployment and uses. Includes sustainability (economic, environmental, social) analysis and discussion activities.

PowerPoint: Creating Energy Heroes: Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Schools - Will Steger Foundation
Julia Baker
36 slides This presentation was featured at the Will Steger Foundation's 2008 Summer Institute. in St. Paul, Minnesota. This PowerPoint was presented by Neely Crane-Smith, with the Center for Energy and ...

PowerPoint: Effects of frost on wildflowers: an unexpected consequence of climate change- ESA
David W. Inouye
A slide show about the effects of frost on Colorado wildflowers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Late spring frost damage has become more common in recent years, a consequence of earlier snowmelt. From ...

Presentation: "Uses of Metrics in the Evaluation and Application of Climate Models" - LLNL
Ginny Brown
This presentation describes the purpose of performance metrics as they relate to the analysis of climate models. Also see teaching materials.