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Shanu Misser - Fundisa for Change
... Transformative learning involves experiencing a deep structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feeling and action. It is a shift of consciousness that dramatically and permanently alters our being in the world. Such a shift involves our understanding of ourselves and our self-locations; our ...
... Transformative learning involves experiencing a deep structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feeling and action. It is a shift of consciousness that dramatically and permanently alters our being in the world. Such a shift involves our understanding of ourselves and our self-locations; our ...
Script - FOG - City College of San Francisco
... Let’s stay in the Atlantic and move outward across the abyssal plains. What will we encounter in the middle? The seafloor should become more rugged as it approaches the mid-ocean ridge that marks the divergent plate boundary and seafloor spreading center. What will that look like? Rough topography a ...
... Let’s stay in the Atlantic and move outward across the abyssal plains. What will we encounter in the middle? The seafloor should become more rugged as it approaches the mid-ocean ridge that marks the divergent plate boundary and seafloor spreading center. What will that look like? Rough topography a ...
Admiralty Seamount
... About a week ago, we left the Ross Sea shelf and slope areas to the south, and headed north through the ice barrier to sample some seamounts and abyssal plains to conclude the survey before returning to New Zealand. The aim is to compare biodiversity in the Scott Island seamount complex with that of ...
... About a week ago, we left the Ross Sea shelf and slope areas to the south, and headed north through the ice barrier to sample some seamounts and abyssal plains to conclude the survey before returning to New Zealand. The aim is to compare biodiversity in the Scott Island seamount complex with that of ...
Nitrogen Cycles through the Biosphere
... Insects make up most of the known species Perhaps 10–14 million species not yet identified ...
... Insects make up most of the known species Perhaps 10–14 million species not yet identified ...
volcanic islands
... the edge of the continental rise. •Average depth is about 4-6 km (2.5-4 mi). •Covered by a layer of sediment, mostly <1 km thick. •The flattest areas on the planet. ...
... the edge of the continental rise. •Average depth is about 4-6 km (2.5-4 mi). •Covered by a layer of sediment, mostly <1 km thick. •The flattest areas on the planet. ...
Media Release
... concentration), these changes being collectively referred to as ocean acidification. Over the past 200 years, it is estimated that there has been a 0.1 unit reduction in the ocean’s surface pH, or a 26% increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions in seawater. In the Australian region there has be ...
... concentration), these changes being collectively referred to as ocean acidification. Over the past 200 years, it is estimated that there has been a 0.1 unit reduction in the ocean’s surface pH, or a 26% increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions in seawater. In the Australian region there has be ...
PowerPoint - Surfrider Foundation Public Files
... general public, and decision makers about climate change impacts to our ocean and coast. • Influence local, state, and national planning efforts to be more ‘proactive’ and incorporate climate change adaptation measures (i.e. managed retreat, increased setbacks, erosion control via “living shorelines ...
... general public, and decision makers about climate change impacts to our ocean and coast. • Influence local, state, and national planning efforts to be more ‘proactive’ and incorporate climate change adaptation measures (i.e. managed retreat, increased setbacks, erosion control via “living shorelines ...
WP 2 - GeoEcoMar
... Aquatic-Terrestrial Ecotones, including Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems – highly vulnerable ecosystem to climatic change (http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/?src=/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/669.htm) Coastal zones are among the world's most diverse and productive environments. Climate chan ...
... Aquatic-Terrestrial Ecotones, including Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems – highly vulnerable ecosystem to climatic change (http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/?src=/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/669.htm) Coastal zones are among the world's most diverse and productive environments. Climate chan ...
nature: our best defense against climate change
... and adaptation. These ecosystems remove carbon from the atmosphere and store that carbon—often termed ‘blue carbon’—in plants and sediments. Such ecosystems are incredibly carbon-rich: An acre of mangrove forest can sequester more than twice the amount of carbon as an acre of terrestrial forest.7 Un ...
... and adaptation. These ecosystems remove carbon from the atmosphere and store that carbon—often termed ‘blue carbon’—in plants and sediments. Such ecosystems are incredibly carbon-rich: An acre of mangrove forest can sequester more than twice the amount of carbon as an acre of terrestrial forest.7 Un ...
Southwest Climate Council - Western Regional Air Partnership
... • Droughts are causing beetles to kill trees by sucking the sap out of them. • Groundwater and rivers are drying up due to excessive droughts. • The excessive global use of energy is leading to a rapid decline in the amount of fossil fuels available. ...
... • Droughts are causing beetles to kill trees by sucking the sap out of them. • Groundwater and rivers are drying up due to excessive droughts. • The excessive global use of energy is leading to a rapid decline in the amount of fossil fuels available. ...
Chapter 3 - COSEE Florida
... Describe the layers of the solid Earth, including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores. SC.7.E.6.3 Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating. SC.7.E.6.4 Explain ...
... Describe the layers of the solid Earth, including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores. SC.7.E.6.3 Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating. SC.7.E.6.4 Explain ...
An ecosystem approach to the management of land, water and living
... participation, use of local knowledge. Key role of Rivers Trusts, third sector alongside EA ...
... participation, use of local knowledge. Key role of Rivers Trusts, third sector alongside EA ...
CANet-ers:
... dangerous climate change. But we need more than talk, and Canada must lead the way. Human communities and ecosystems around the world are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. Scientists agree that these impacts will become catastrophic unless we make deep cuts in greenhouse gases em ...
... dangerous climate change. But we need more than talk, and Canada must lead the way. Human communities and ecosystems around the world are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. Scientists agree that these impacts will become catastrophic unless we make deep cuts in greenhouse gases em ...
Planktonic world
... The scientists also showed that the Agulhas “rings” - a natural barrier that draws the line between the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic - separate plankton communities. “It’s like plankton goes through a cold wash cycle at the tip of South Africa,” says Daniele Iudicone from the Stazione Zoologi ...
... The scientists also showed that the Agulhas “rings” - a natural barrier that draws the line between the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic - separate plankton communities. “It’s like plankton goes through a cold wash cycle at the tip of South Africa,” says Daniele Iudicone from the Stazione Zoologi ...
International press release
... The scientists also showed that the Agulhas “rings” - a natural barrier that draws the line between the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic - separate plankton communities. “It’s like plankton goes through a cold wash cycle at the tip of South Africa,” says Daniele Iudicone from the Stazione Zoologi ...
... The scientists also showed that the Agulhas “rings” - a natural barrier that draws the line between the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic - separate plankton communities. “It’s like plankton goes through a cold wash cycle at the tip of South Africa,” says Daniele Iudicone from the Stazione Zoologi ...
Climate Change – Can science teachers play a part
... • Climate change is the most significant threat human civilization has ever faced. • In order to appreciate the magnitude of the problem, it must be seen through the lens of science. • A huge public education campaign is needed. • (as distinct from the mis-education campaign prevalent in some parts ...
... • Climate change is the most significant threat human civilization has ever faced. • In order to appreciate the magnitude of the problem, it must be seen through the lens of science. • A huge public education campaign is needed. • (as distinct from the mis-education campaign prevalent in some parts ...
Salt water
... A large flat area on ocean floor, composed of sediments that originated mostly on continents. ...
... A large flat area on ocean floor, composed of sediments that originated mostly on continents. ...
Africa and Arctic
... 2. The melting of the Arctic ice and increased regional precipitation can add fresh water to the Oceans and potentially affect Ocean currents in the North Atlantic. 3. As warming progresses more greenhouse gases could be released into the atmosphere by the thawing of the permafrost. However warming ...
... 2. The melting of the Arctic ice and increased regional precipitation can add fresh water to the Oceans and potentially affect Ocean currents in the North Atlantic. 3. As warming progresses more greenhouse gases could be released into the atmosphere by the thawing of the permafrost. However warming ...
Worksheet 2
... 20. Convergent boundaries are classified according to the a. Types of fossils found at the boundaries b. Rate at which the plates collide c. Compass direction of movement of the plates d. Type of crust involved 21. What can happen when two oceanic plates converge and one is subducted into the mantle ...
... 20. Convergent boundaries are classified according to the a. Types of fossils found at the boundaries b. Rate at which the plates collide c. Compass direction of movement of the plates d. Type of crust involved 21. What can happen when two oceanic plates converge and one is subducted into the mantle ...
The ecosystem-service chain and the biological diversity crisis
... programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity . . . ’ (Article 6). The CBD has its overriding principle that nations have ‘the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies . . . .’ (Article 3). This principle has been the d ...
... programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity . . . ’ (Article 6). The CBD has its overriding principle that nations have ‘the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies . . . .’ (Article 3). This principle has been the d ...
The Future
... About: ABRUBT CLIMATE CHANGE • Some large natural climate changes have occurred abruptly. • In some instances, the average global temperature has risen or fallen >8º C in less than 10 years, and at least one in as little as 5 years. An increase of 6° C in this century would be considered an abrupt c ...
... About: ABRUBT CLIMATE CHANGE • Some large natural climate changes have occurred abruptly. • In some instances, the average global temperature has risen or fallen >8º C in less than 10 years, and at least one in as little as 5 years. An increase of 6° C in this century would be considered an abrupt c ...
here - unccd
... Biodiversity: Drylands, home to the world’s largest diversity of mammals whose survival, literally, hangs on the arid zone forests. But GDP in dryland areas is 50% lower than in non-drylands ...
... Biodiversity: Drylands, home to the world’s largest diversity of mammals whose survival, literally, hangs on the arid zone forests. But GDP in dryland areas is 50% lower than in non-drylands ...
Climate Change Impacts - South Asia
... The main expected climate change impact is glacier melt in Himalayas, which is projected to increase flooding and affect water resources aggravating seriously the conditions of poor rural people reliant on them. Meltwater from Himalayan glaciers - which plays a key role in the provision of water to ...
... The main expected climate change impact is glacier melt in Himalayas, which is projected to increase flooding and affect water resources aggravating seriously the conditions of poor rural people reliant on them. Meltwater from Himalayan glaciers - which plays a key role in the provision of water to ...
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
... Rodel D. Lasco University of the Philippines Rodel D. Lasco University of the Philippines ...
... Rodel D. Lasco University of the Philippines Rodel D. Lasco University of the Philippines ...