The global action taken to repair the hole in the ozone layer is perceived as a success story for global co-operation and provides hope that we can also limit climate change from greenhouse gases.
Archive for the ‘carbon’ category
Climate College Tutorial 8 – What Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?
March 15th, 2013Carbon College Tutorial 7 – Feedback and Tipping Points
March 15th, 2013
This is the seventh blog in our climate college series, focusing on the relationship between internal feedback mechanisms and climate change. Arctic ice cover, water vapour and also the release of methane from the melting of frozen tundra all have an impact on the rate of global climate change. Is there a ‘safe’ upper level of global warming suggested by scientists and what is the ‘tipping’ point?
Carbon College Tutorial 6 – Volcanoes and our Atmosphere
December 7th, 2012
This brief tutorial talks about the overall cooling effect that volcanoes have on our atmosphere. It also compares the emissions from volcanoes with human emissions, and provides a description of some of the effects felt from recent volcanic eruptions.
Carbon College Tutorial 5 – Earth’s Energy Imbalance
December 7th, 2012
This is the fifth tutorial in the series. Here we explain the Earth’s energy imbalance and the complex relationship between aerosols, albedo and the so called ‘greenhouse gases’. Thanks again Em for your research efforts.
Carbon College Tutorial 4 – How do our weather systems work?
November 9th, 2012
Our climate is a dynamic system which functions as a result of atmospheric and oceanic mixing. We have tracked down three short videos which explain the science behind these phenomena quite well plus an introduction to El Nino, which has such a huge impact on our weather patterns and rainfall.
Carbon College Tutorial 3 – Weather vs Climate
September 14th, 2012
Have you ever wondered why sometimes we can’t predict the weather and yet we can predict climate change? With the Arctic ice cap reaching record lows in September 2012, there are some significant changes to our seasonal weather patterns predicted.
Carbon College Tutorial 2 – A Brief History
August 31st, 2012
Scientists began considering that carbon dioxide from fossil fuels might impact on climate as far back as the 1800s and since the mid 1900s research provided proof that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was gradually increasing. This tutorial provides a very brief history of the key steps and individuals who put the climate change puzzle together.
Carbon College Tutorial 1 – Introduction
August 17th, 2012
Would you like to improve your knowledge of climate change? Have you ever wished you were better equipped to argue climate change at the dinner table – or when it was raised with friends, colleagues, clients, politicians? Here is the first in our series of ten tutorials on climate change.