{"id":73,"date":"2020-07-29T20:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2020-08-14T18:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:38:05","slug":"the-learning-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/the-learning-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Learning Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Learning Library<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Information in the Learning Library will support students to learn content related to climate change in two ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. A \u201cbrief\u201d of three to four paragraphs introduces the topic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. A selection of relevant visualizations, animations, and\/or videos provides additional information  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: Every student should read the first chapter, \u201cSystems thinking.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Systems Thinking <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems thinking is a way of thinking about the world around us as \u2013 systems. It means identifying the components in a system, exploring how they are connected and how these connections produce the behavior of the system. It is central to understanding climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feedback Loops <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feedback loops within the climate system can lead to an acceleration of global warming or slow it down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How heat energy moves through Earth\u2019s systems <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar energy entering Earth’s climate system is moved around our planet by complex processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oceans<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oceans play a key role in both storing and moving heat around the planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The water cycle <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The water cycle\u00a0refers to\u00a0how water moves\u00a0locally and globally. Every stage in the water cycle involves a large\u00a0transfer of heat energy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Air <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gases in air are components of our atmosphere. The atmosphere plays a major role in storing, releasing, and moving heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greenhouse Effect <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greenhouse effect refers to the warming of Earth\u2019s surface and atmosphere through the trapping of solar energy in greenhouse gases – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and others.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living things \u2013 collectively the biosphere \u2013 plays a role in the climate system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carbon <\/strong>cycle<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carbon cycle <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbon flows through the living and non-living components of Earth systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human disruptions of the Carbon cycle <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human activity disrupts the carbon cycle by increasing carbon in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Human causes and impacts of climate change<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Evidence for human causes of climate change <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evidence shows that human activities are the primary driver of current warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impacts of climate change <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We expect climate change to affect the biotic and abiotic parts of our planet in many ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea level rise <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea levels have risen and will continue to rise due to global warming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extreme Weather <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there a link between extreme weather and climate change?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can we do?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are two categories of action in responding to climate change: mitigation<\/em>, trying to reduce or slow the warming, and adaptation,<\/em> planning for the changes that we can’t prevent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitigation <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do we slow or minimize climate change? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adaptation <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we adapt to the changes that can’t be avoided? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Download the Entire Learning Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fill out the form to download the entire Learning Library in one PDF or download the individual chapters above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Learning Library<\/p>\n

Information in the Learning Library will support students to learn content related to climate change in two ways: <\/p>\n

1. A \u201cbrief\u201d of three to four paragraphs introduces the topic <\/p>\n

2. A selection of relevant visualizations, animations, and\/or videos provides additional information  <\/p>\n

Note: Every student should read the first chapter, \u201cSystems thinking.\u201d <\/p>\n

Systems <\/p>\n

Systems Thinking <\/a><\/p>\n

Systems thinking is a way of thinking about the world around us as \u2013 systems. It means identifying the components in a system, exploring how they are connected and how these connections produce the behavior of the system. It is central to understanding climate change.   » Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":105,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/buildingsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}