Class Overheads
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Ecosystem structure and function
Producers
(sample)
Decomposers
(sample)
Temperate Forest
Prairie
Salt Marsh
Desert
Evergreen Forest
Tundra
Coral Reef
Tropical Rainforest
Ecosystem Productivity (overall)
Ecosystem Productivity per area
Biomes (global distribution)
Biomes (temp. & prec. map #1)
Biomes (temp. & prec. map #2)
Food chains
Food web
Trophic Levels (energy and matter)
Nutrition Comparison
(Tuna,Steak,Tofu)
Trophic Level Efficiency Rates
Describing Ecosystems
New Species
Species Count
Birds in North America
History of Life Clock
Invasive Species--Cost
Invasive Species--Zebra Mussel
Indicator Species--Frogs
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Eco. Services)
Causes of Deforestation
Rates of Deforestation
Location of Deforestation
Remaining Forests
Global Hotspots
Hotspot Data #1
Hotspot Data #2
Species #1: Mammals
Species #2: Leaves
Species #3: IL Birds
"Public" Lands
Where are the Tigers
Causes of Animal Extinctions
Habitat Remaining
Endangered Species (listed)
Endangered Species
(a few recognizable ones)
Biomimicry
POPULATION GROWTH
World Population (4000 BC to present)
World Population (1800 to present)
Modern Population Breakdown
PG (MDC vs. LDC)
PG per decade (MDCs & LDCs)
Population Density
BR, DR, PGR by region
PGR per decade
Different % Growth Rates
Top 10 Largest Countries
Top 10 Largest Cities
Future World Population Projections
Demographic Transition
Increase in contraceptive use
Life expectancy
Unmet contraceptive need
Age Pyramid--Old People
Age Pyramid--Young People
Age Pyramid--Disease
Do Women Want Large Families?
Teenage Birth Rate
Women education & TFR
Female Literacy & Infant Mortality
Girls--Out of School
PGR by nation
World Map--Scaled for Pop.
Population Pyramids
Urbanization levels around the world
Infant Mortality
Maternal Mortality
Son Preference
Poverty and Maternal Care
War and BR (U.S. in 20th Century)
U.S. Fertility Rate (in 20th Century)
National Debts
U.S. Immigration
(country of origin)
Foreign-born in U.S. Historically
National Happiness
GNH & Bhutan
Quotes from Simon,Ehrlich,& Commoner
CLIMATE CHANGE
What is Science?
What is the Environment
?
Bush & Castro on CC
Wavelengths of Light
Solar Energy Profile
Longwave Energy Budget
Shortwave Energy Budget
Atmospheric Gases
The Tale of Three Photons
(No Atm.)
The Tale of Three Photons
(w/ Atm.)
The Greenhouse Effect
(described)
The Greenhouse Effect
(typical diagram)
Albedos for various surfaces
Absorption Bands
(for GHGs)
CFCs & Ozone
Stratospheric Ozone & Radiative Forcing
Tropospheric Ozone & Radiative Forcing
Overall Impact of Clouds
RF impact of Cloud Changes
Sunspots
Radiative Forcing Totals
Carbon Cycle
Feedbacks
GW Feedbacks
Changes in Feedbacks
Carbon Dioxide Atm. Increases
(1958-1996)
Carbon Dioxide Concentrations
(different locations)
GHG atmospheric concentration changes
Earth's Temperature and CO
2
Levels
(since 1860)
Earth's Temperature and CO
2
Levels
(last 160,000 years)
GH Gas Contributions to "Global Warming"
Contributors to "Today's" Temperature
Causes of Climate Change
Orbital Changes Influencing Climate Change
Earth's Temperature
(Last 1000 years)
Earth's Temperature
(20th Century, surface)
Earth's Temperature
(surface, both hemispheres)
Earth's Temperature
(satellites)
Earth's Temperature
(satellites, balloons, & surface)
Increase in Frequency of Severe Storms
Energy Budget Variations
Growing Season Lengthening
Increased Rates of Glacial Melting
Climate Models
(GCMs)
GCM grids
String of "Models"
Temperature Changes by 2060
(NASA)
Ranges of Changes Expected
Fossil Fuel Trends
Glacial Coverage (last ice age)
Temperature and Habitability of Greenland
Killer Greenhouse
Where does anthropogenic CO
2
come from? (
graph 1
) (
graph 2
)
Who has been emitting CO
2
? (
graph 1
) (
graph 2
)
Energy Consumption Trends
Emissions per capita map
"Skeptics" and their Books
"Followers" and their Books
"Catastrophists" or "Soothsayers"
and their Books
Kyoto's Announcement
U.S. Energy Consumption History
Renewable Options
Renewable Potential
Geothermal Potential
Energy usage by appliance
Lightbulb types and $$ and CO2
Conserving energy in a house
Things YOU can do to reduce carbon emissions?
Books to Inspire and Promote Change
