Large iceberg (~42 km in long dimension) breaking up after calving from the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica. Image aquired by NASA using the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 on December 15, 2017 (pineisland_oli_2017349_lrg.jpg).

1. Read: the study questions for this section, listed at https://croninprojects.org/Vince/Course/PhysGeol/Geo1405-Climate-Q.html and keep them in mind as you read the following assignments. Most, if not all, of the answers will be in the reading assignments for this topic.
2. Scan: Earth, chapter 21 — the whole tamale
   *Scan means just what it says — read through the headings, stop to read text that seems interesting to you, look at the figures, and view all of the AV stuff (videos, animations, tutorials, concept checkers). Do these things in light of the study questions, so that you pick-up some information and know where to look for more information as you work to find the answers to those questions and understand the associated content.
3. View the video introducing the material in Chapter 17 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-agi-prelab-video-earths-dynamic-climate.
4. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 432-435, Sections Introduction, Greenhouse Gases, and Measurement of Global Mean Sea Level Subsection Measuring Ocean Temperature and Salinity
5. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Activity 17.1, How Does Rising Temperature Affect Sea Level, p. 445-447.
   If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Climate Change assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
   ∙ View: Experiment video available via https://qrgo.page.link/Hd51t
6. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 435-436, Subsection Adding Water to the Ocean from Melting Ice Sheets
7. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Activity 17.2, Melting Ice and Rising Sea Level, p. 448-449, and submit it to the Climate Change assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
   ∙ View: Experiment video available at https://qrgo.page.link/Mr42z
   ∙ View: Experiment video available at https://qrgo.page.link/bhXHa
8. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 436-438, Subsections Measuring Local Sea-Level Change Using Tidal Gauges and Glacial Isostatic Adjustment
9. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Page 438, Section Climate Indicators, Today and for the Past 800,000 Years, Subsection The Keeling Record from Mauna Loa Observatory
10. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Activity 17.4, Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere, p. 453-455.
    If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Climate Change assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
11. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Page 439-441, Subsection Data from Planetary Motions, Sediment Cores, and Ice Cores
12. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Activity 17.5, The Climate Record from Cores, p. 456-458.
    If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Climate Change assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
13. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 439-441, Section Some Consequences of a Warming Climate
14. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Activity 17.6, Local Effects of Sea-Level Rise, p. 459-461. Be sure you use a marker, pen, crayon, colored pencil, or ... that is clearly shown on your submitted PDF as you map flooded coastal areas.
    If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Climate Change assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.

Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 17.5, and 17.6.

Mastering Geology Reminder

Complete the Dyamic Study Module called Global Climate Change and then complete HW21 (online homework for chapter 21) by going to Mastering Geology through the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).

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