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This OER is a product of The EPA- Environmental Protection Agency, that explores the topic of climate change and global warming, Greenhouse Gases, Extreme Weather, the Climate Impacts on ecosystems, on our health, environment, and economy.
• The students will be able to understand that the changing climate impacts society and ecosystems in a broad variety of ways, for example, climate change can alter rainfall, influence crop yields, affect human health, cause changes to all ecosystems, and impact our energy supply and many sectors of our economy. The students will be able to demonstrate that climate change can overwhelm the capacity of ecosystems to mitigate extreme events and disturbance, such as wildfires, floods, and drought.
The students will analyze how these changes are linked to the rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, caused by human activities and can offer/suggest solutions for the future.

Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences – Earth and related environmental sciences

Education Level: Secondary school

Education Use: Instruction/curriculum, Assessment, Informal education

Language: EN

Publisher/Institution: EPA- Environmental Protection Agency

License type: Public Domain

Primary User: Student, Teacher

Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Narrative Text (theory)

Technical type (IEEE LOM): Text – Hypertext

Time to read: 30min

Learning outcomes:

• Have a general understanding of Carbon Footprint
• Have a general understanding of Energy Efficiency
• Have a general understanding of Sustainability

DigComp competence area: 1. Information and data literacy – 1.1 Browsing, searching and filtering data, information and digital content

DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems

Link: https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-change-science/overview-climate-change-science_.html

Key words: Climate change Impacts, Climate change Indicators, Extreme Weather, Greenhouse Gases