Climate Change Effects on Lake Temperatures part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Climate change is modifying the thermal structure of lakes around the globe. Because it is difficult to predict how lakes will respond to the many different aspects of climate change (e.g., altered temperature, ...
Subject: Geoscience: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Climate Change Module part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Scientists agree that the climate is changing and that human activities are a primary cause for this change through increased emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. There have been times in ...
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Anthropogenic causes, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions
Lake Modeling Module part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Lakes around the globe are experiencing the effects of climate change. In this module, students will learn how to use a lake model to explore the effects of altered weather on lakes, and then develop their own ...
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geography:Physical, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Teleconnections part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Ecosystems can be influenced by teleconnections, in which meteorological, societal, and/or ecological phenomenon link remote regions via cause and effect relationships. Because it is difficult to predict how ...
Subject: Geoscience: Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:El Nino, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology
Sustainability Metrics part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Sustainability is a complex term applied to many different contexts in a variety of ways. As a result, it can be challenging to determine how sustainable something really is. In this module, students will use an ...
Subject: Geoscience: Environmental Science, Geoscience
Wind and Ocean Ecosystems part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Wind has a fundamental impact on ocean ecosystems. Wind drives physical processes, including current development and upwelling through Ekman transport. These physical processes, in turn, have cascading impacts on ...
Subject: Geoscience: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Biology:Ecology
Cross-Scale Interactions part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Environmental phenomena are often driven by multiple factors that interact across different spatial and temporal scales. In freshwater lakes and reservoirs worldwide, phytoplankton blooms are increasing in ...
Subject: Geoscience: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Biology:Ecology:Food Webs, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems
Nutrient Monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
The Chesapeake Bay waters receive input from rivers and streams from areas of Washington D.C, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and some parts of New York and Pennsylvania. Historically, humongous ...
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Biology:Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Waste, Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution
Water Quality Module part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Water quality is a critical concept for undergraduate students studying Earth Sciences, Biology, and Environmental Sciences. Many of these students will be asked to assess the impacts of a proposed anthropogenic ...
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Chemistry:Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry
Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
This module guides students through an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be correlated with ...
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Geography, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
