Library: NS110: Science in Today's World: Module 2

Module 2 Readings

Required readings
Optional readings

What Should Cimate Scientists Advocate For
Schmidt, G. A. (2015). What should climate scientists advocate for? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 71(1), 70-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096340214563677
Climate Action and Support Trends
United Nations. (2019). Climate action and support trends. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Climate_Action_Support_Trends_2019.pdf
The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Summary Findings and Overview
Jay, A., Reidmiller, D., Avery, C., Barrie, D., DeAngelo, B., Dave, A., Kolian, M., Lewis, K., Reeves, K., Winner, D., & Dzaugis, M. (2019, February 8). The fourth national climate assessment: Volume II – Impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United States. https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army
Brosig, M., Frawley, P., Hill, A., Jahn, M., Marsicek, M., Paris, A., Rose, M., Shambaljamts, A., & Thomas, N. (2019, July). Implications of climate change for the U.S. army. United States Army War College.
Read Executive Summary and the Introduction, pages 1-7

2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report
National Ocean Service. (2022, February). 2022 Sea level rise technical report. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2022). Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group II). https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
Climate Change Threatens to Spread Viruses Through an Unprepared World
Shepherd, D. (2021, October 20). Climate change threatens to spread viruses through an unprepared world. Bloomberg.com.
Cyber Risks Add to Climate Threat, World Economic Forum Warns
Associated Press. (2022, January 11). Cyber risks add to climate threat, World Economic Forum warns. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1072029936/cyber-risks-add-to-climate-threat-world-economic-forum-warns
Fourth National Climate Assessment: Chapter 1: Overview
U.S. Global Change Research Program. (2018). Fourth national climate assessment: Chapter 1: Overview. https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/1/
Future of the Human Climate Niche
Xu, C., Kohler, T. A., Lenton, T. M., Svenning, J. C., & Scheffer, M. (2020). Future of the human climate niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(21), 11350–11355. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
The Global Risk Report 2022
World Economic Forum. (2022). The global risk report 2022 (17th ed). https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2022.pdf
How Climate Change Hits Nature
Page, M. L. (2021). How climate change hits nature. New Scientist, 250(3329), 41–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(21)00615-1
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Lustgarten, A. (2020, September 20). How climate change will remap where Americans live. New York Times Magazine, 34.
How the Speed of Climate Change is Unbalancing the Insect World
Milman, O. (2022, January 11). How the speed of climate change is unbalancing the insect world. The Guardian, 6.
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2021). Sixth assessment report (AR6). https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/
Refugees from the Earth
Lustgarten, A. (2020, July 26). Refugees from the Earth. New York Times Magazine, 8-23, 43.
Supercrops!
Fedunik, L. (2020). Supercrops! New Scientist, 247(3291), 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(20)31251-3

Module 2 Required Videos

Module 2 Assignment Help

Read all of the assigned materials and view the videos
Choose a climate change issue listed in your course
Find at least two additional sources on your chosen climate change issue using the library or Google Scholar. Avoid Wikipedia or blog-type, opinion-based sources. Academic sources should be scientific reports, government, national or international, and professional organizations or peer-reviewed scientific research articles.

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Type "climate change" (in quotation marks so that you're searching for that phrase) AND your chosen issue into the search boxes. For example, I chose melting arctic ice:

Refer to your assignment guidelines for what you need to submit. Contact the librarians if you need assistance finding sources!