Climate Discussions
Each member of the class will be responsible for a 7-slide presentation ([here]) on a topic related to limate change, shown below. Presentations will be on the last Friday of class and during Final Exam time.
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increased variability/extreme events; increased risk of flooding and forest fires/drought ()
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ag policy; Farm runoff increase from increased rainfall ()
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soil sequestration of carbon (Nathan) See [here.]
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pine beetles and other invasive species ()
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green energy transformation ()
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auto efficiency standards and transportation alternatives ()
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DAC (direct air capture of CO2) (See [here,] and [here,] and [here.]
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Solidarity () In May, Irish people sent over $1.8 million to people in the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation,(see [here]) who were suffering badly in the pandemic. Can we generate such solidarity for climate change?