A low-pressure system in the atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean on July 28, 2020, imaged by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147070/arctic-lows). NASA image accessed via https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/147000/147070/arctic_tamo_2020210_lrg.jpg on 11 August 2020.
Climate Change
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Important Notes
- The reading assignments are in the required textbooks listed at the bottom of this document.
- The completed laboratory activities assigned below must be submitted via the Canvas
learning management system (LMS) before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet (e.g., due before Wednesday night at 11:59 PM for a lab scheduled on Tuesday). Instructions for submitting your lab work are provided HERE.
- The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet.
| Lab Section | Scheduled Meeting | Grad TA | GTA Email |
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| A | Tuesday starting at 12:30 PM CT | Zhao (Amanda) Wang | Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu |
| B | Tuesday starting at 2:40 PM CT | Zhao (Amanda) Wang | Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu |
| C | Tuesday starting at 4:40 PM CT | Sarah Kogler | Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu |
| D | Wednesday starting at 12:20 PM CT | Zequn Wu | Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu |
| E | Wednesday starting at 2:30 PM CT | Zequn Wu | Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu |
| F | Wednesday starting at 4:40 PM CT | Sarah Kogler | Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu |
| G | Thursday starting at 12:30 PM CT | Roy Bassoo | Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu |
| J | Thursday starting at 2:40 PM CT | Roy Bassoo | Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu |
Lab Assignment
- 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.
- View the pronunciation guide for names and geoscience terms used in the Climate Change Lab (chapter 17) of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual: https://youtu.be/8IX8WnBKUZA
- 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
- 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
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 435-436, Subsection Adding Water to the Ocean from Melting Ice Sheets
- Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Activity 17.2, Melting Ice and Rising Sea Level, p. 448-449.
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 at https://qrgo.page.link/Mr42z
∙ View: Experiment video available at https://qrgo.page.link/bhXHa
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 436-438, Subsections Measuring Local Sea-Level Change Using Tidal Gauges and Glacial Isostatic Adjustment
- 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
- 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.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Page 439-441, Subsection Data from Planetary Motions, Sediment Cores, and Ice Cores
- 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.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 17, Pages 439-441, Section Some Consequences of a Warming Climate
- 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.
Required Textbooks And Online Resources
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AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy)
Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972
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Modified Mastering Geology with eText for Tarbuck et al., Earth 13th edition*
This version of Mastering Geology is used within the Canvas LMS.
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*Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 13th Edition, 2020, by E.J. Tarbuck, F.K. Lutgens, and S. Linneman, with illustrations by D.G. Tasa: New York, Pearson Higher Education, 754 p.
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