Global Change: Humans in the Earth System

Prof. Matthew H. Hitchman

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Earth System and Global Change

* Global Change Images
* SF6
* NOAA-NASA Global Analysis 2017
* The Solar Cycle
* Continental Drift and Atmospheric Composition

Chapter 2: Building Blocks of the Climate System

* Flowers Colors Bees Humans
* CO2 Mauna Loa
* Blue Planet

Chapter 3: The General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Ocean

* The General Circulation, Part 2
* The Role of the Ocean
* ENSO
* NAM

Chapter 4: Paleoclimate and Climate Dynamics

* The Paleoclimate Record
* How People got to North America
* Glacial / Interglacial Cycles
* Millennial Cycles
* New Yorker article on Paleoclimate
* Volcanoes, the QBO, and Climate

Chapter 5: The Stratospheric Ozone Layer and the Ozone Hole

* Common Questions about Ozone

Chapter 6: Tropospheric Pollution

* Tropospheric Pollution I
* Tropospheric Pollution II

Chapter 7: The Hydrologic Cycle

Chapter 8: Vegetation and Climate

* Biomes and Tropical Deforestation

Chapter 9: The Carbon Cycle

Slides from .pptx on The Carbon Cycle
* Global carbon project website
* Human use of world biological productivity (Diamond 1987)
* Notes on limits to human habitation

Chapter 10: Biodiversity

* Seeds in Need: The Vavilov Institute
* Biomes
* Cold Virus Transmission

Chapter 11: Our Human Footprint

* Article on Climate Engineering
* Genetic Modification of Crops
* Nuclear Weapons
* Energy Outlook for the Future

Chapter 12: Value Systems and Strategies

* News: Climate Issues, GMOs, Plastics in Ocean