Title: The consequences of climate change

Description:

This OER is a product of The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America that explores the topic of climate change and its consequences: economic (agriculture, tourism), temperature and precipitation, sea level rise, river floods, coastal system and human health.
The students will be able to understand the health, economic and environmental consequences of climate change, including the meaning of the terms river floods, sea level rise, coastal system, demonstrate an awareness of the difficulties involved in the detection of any weather extremes and catastrophic impacts.

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Description:

This OER is a product of The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America that explores the topic of climate change and its consequences: economic (agriculture, tourism), temperature and precipitation, sea level rise, river floods, coastal system and human health.
The students will be able to understand the health, economic and environmental consequences of climate change, including the meaning of the terms river floods, sea level rise, coastal system, demonstrate an awareness of the difficulties involved in the detection of any weather extremes and catastrophic impacts.

Subject Area: 1. Natural sciencesEarth and related environmental sciences

Education Level: Secondary school

Education Use: Instruction/curriculum, Assessment, Informal education

Author: Juan-Carlos Ciscar, Ana Iglesias, Luc Feyen, László Szabó, Denise Van Regemorter, Bas Amelung, Robert Nicholls, Paul Watkiss, Ole B. Christensen, Rutger Dankers, Luis Garrote, Clare M. Goodess, Alistair Hunt, Alvaro Moreno, Julie Richards, and Antonio Soria Date added: 06-04-2022

Language: EN

Publisher/Institution: PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) is a comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journal, delivered by The National Academy of Sciences. 

License type: Public Domain

Primary User: Student, Teacher

Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Presentation

Technical type (IEEE LOM): TextHypertext

Time to read: 30min

Learning outcomes:

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

DigComp competence area: 1. Information and data literacy1.3 Managing data, information and digital content

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

Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/108/7/2678.full

Key words: Nature /environment/ sciences

 

 

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