BIOL 6490
Ecosystems

Global Warming

STS Units
for use in the classroom

 

Global warming could doom hundreds of land plants and animals to extinction over the next 50 years....

"We are already seeing biological communities respond very rapidly to climate warming"

A midrange forecast of three possible global warming scenarios would claim about 1/4 of the species.

What does increased temperature do to organisms?

Resource Links for Discussion
Vocabulary

Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?

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The Ocean's Invisible Forest-Phytoplankton: could they be used to combat global warming?

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Climatic and Evolutionary Whiplash-Book Review

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Global warming could doom hundreds of land plants and animals to extinction over the next 50 years....

 

 

Topic 1
Toxic Pollutants

Topic 2
Ecosystems

Topic 3
Natural Selection

Topic 4
Green Medicine

Topic 5
Biological Agents