The Climate Change Collection

Published: July 1, 2013

Updated: December 7, 2017

Authors: Arnold J Bloom (biology), Andy Jorgensen (chemistry), assisted by Interns Christopher Fox-Strauss and Andrew Montry

Note: Topics in red indicate a section under construction.

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The architecture of this site was developed with funding by the National Science Foundation NSF 09-50396 Creating a Learning Community for Solutions to Climate Change to the National Council for Science and the Environment.

Causes

Bloom (2010) Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines. Sinauer Associates.

Past History	Present Factors	Future World
Proxy methods Boreholes Corals Glacial extent Ice cores Isotopes Paleomagnetism Tree rings Ancient Snowball Earth Holocene Climate Paleoclimate Thermal maximums Cataclysmic events Recent Hurricane Drought and flooding Temperature Sea level Precipitation Sea ice Wildfires	External forcing Galactic variations Orbital variations Sunspots Internal forcing Orogeny & epeirogeny Volcanism Albedo Atmospheric gases Greenhouse gases Carbon dioxide Methane N₂O Nitrogen Trifluoride CFCs & HCFCs Water vapor Noble gases El Niño Human factors Deforestation Human population explosion Population Consumption Technology	Models Grid systems Core equations Emissions scenarios Verification Temperature verification Sea level verification Precipitation verification Greenhouse gas emissions Urban heat island Responsibilities Contributions Burdens Capabilities

Consequences

NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab.
NOAA, 2009

Solutions

Enercon E-66 wind energy converter in Egeln/Germany. The tower is 98m high and the rotor diameter is 70m. Photo: Hadhuey, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Economics	Mitigation	Adaptation
Risk assessment Certainties Consensus Dangers Probabilities Uncertainties	Energy Electricity Generation Fossil fuels Coal Natural gas Carbon capture & storage Nuclear Renewables Hydro Wind Solar Biomass Geothermal Wave & tidal Grids Storage Transportation Consumption Efficiency Alternative fuels Hydrogen Biofuels Steel Cement Buildings Industrial Land & other resources Agriculture Forestry Material goods Geoengineering Radiation Cool roofs Stratospheric aerosols Cloud seeding CO₂ management Biochar Air capture Ocean fertilization Ocean mixing Ice cap retention	Current practices Natural resources Built environments Coastal interface Cross-cutting efforts Planning Local, state, & national Development Climate Resilience Future strategies Systematic approaches

Actions

Individual	Collective
Evaluation Carbon footprint Personal adaptation Activities Behavior modification Education Misconceptions Volunteer Careers Private sector NGO Government Academic	Household Carbon footprint Personal adaptation Policy

Citation

Bloom, A. (2013). The Climate Change Collection. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Site_Map_for_the_Climate_Change_Collection

Physical Earth	Life and Death	Humans
Land Wildfires Precipitation Temperature Water Freshwater Groundwater Surface water Sea ice Glaciers Permafrost Polar caps Oceans Sea level Temperature pH, salinity & nutrients Currents Atmosphere Composition Hurricanes Global cycles Carbon Water Disasters	Biosphere Gaia hypothesis Bioenergy Water use Ecosystem disturbance CO₂ acclimation Nitrogen limitations Seasonality Biology Genes Populations Ecology Habitat shifts Land Polar Alpine Tropical Freshwater Marine	Vulnerabilities to Humans Health Food security Water security Disease Heat waves Economics Stability Livelihoods Poverty Societies National security Urban Rural Coastal Indigenous people