Objectives
This section will help you to:
- explain the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gasses on Earth.
- describe how and how often climate change occurs and how we know climate has changed in the past.
- recognize the methods used to study climate change.
- understand what scientists do know about past and future climate change and what is still uncertain.
- explain the political and scientific debate behind global warming.
- explain how and why climate change occurs (both natural and human induced).
- describe how you and society can react to the problems of global warming and what you can do to lessen your emissions.
- distinguish the difference between local and global climate and temperature change.
- state the purpose of the Kyoto treaty and the U.S.’s relationship with the treaty.
- describe the U.S. reaction to climate change over the last two decades.