Dalbotten / Roehrig / Hamilton Future Earth

Advancing Civic Understanding of the Anthropocene
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-85426-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Geophysical Monograph Series

Earth now is dominated by both biogeophysical and anthropogenicprocesses, as represented in these two images from a simulation ofaerosols. Dust (red) from the Sahara sweeps west across theAtlantic Ocean. Sea salt (blue) rises into the atmosphere fromwinds over the North Atlantic and from a tropical cyclone in theIndian Ocean. Organic and black carbon (green) from biomass burningis notable over the Amazon and Southeast Asia. Plumes of sulfate(white) from fossil fuel burning are particularly prominent overnortheastern North America and East Asia. If present trends of dustemissions and fossil fuel burning continues in what we call theAnthropocene epoch, then we could experience high atmosphericCO2 levels leading to unusual warming rarely experiencedin Earth's history. This book focuses on human influences onland, ocean, and the atmosphere, to determine if human activitiesare operating within or beyond the safe zones of our planet'sbiological, chemical, and physical systems.
Volume highlights include:
* Assessment of civic understanding of Earth and itsfuture
* Understanding the role of undergraduate geoscience researchand community-driven research on the Anthropocene
* Effective communication of science to a broader audiencethat would include the public, the K-12 science community, orpopulations underrepresented in the sciences
* Public outreach on climate education, geoscience alliance,and scientific reasoning
Future Earth is a valuable practical guide for scientistsfrom all disciplines including geoscientists, museum curators,science educators, and public policy makers.
This volume was made possible with the support of the NationalScience Foundation through the National Center for Earth-surfaceDynamics (EAR-0120914) and the Future Earth Initiative(DRL-0741760). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this publication are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dalbotten, Diana

Roehrig, Gillian

Hamilton, Patrick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
1. Welcome to the Anthropocene
Patrick Hamilton 1
2. The Anthropocene and the Framework for K-12 ScienceEducation
Fred N. Finley 9
3. Teacher Professional Development in the Anthropocene
Devarati Bhattacharya, Gillian Roehrig, Anne Kern, and MelindaHoward 19
4. Climate Literacy and Scientific Reasoning
Shiyu Liu, Keisha Varma, and Gillian Roehrig 31
5. Evaluation and Assessment of Civic Understanding of PlanetEarth
Julie C. Libarkin 41
6. Community-Driven Research in the Anthropocene
Rajul E. Pandya 53
7. Geoscience Alliance: Building Capacity to Use Science forSovereignty in Native Communities
Nievita Bueno Watts, Wendy Smythe, Emily Geraghty Ward, DianaDalbotten, Vanessa Green, Mervyn Tano, and Antony Berthelote67
8. New Voices: The Role of Undergraduate Geoscience Research inSupporting Alternative Perspectives on the Anthropocene
Diana Dalbotten, Rebecca Haacker-Santos, and SuzanneZurn-Birkhimer 77
9. Shaping the Public Dialogue on Climate Change
William Spitzer 89
10. Opportunities for Communicating Ocean Acidification toVisitors at Informal Science Education Institutions
Douglas Meyer and Bill Mott 99
11. City-Wide Collaborations for Urban Climate Education
Steven Snyder, Rita Mukherjee Hoffstadt, Lauren B. Allen, KevinCrowley, Daniel A. Bader, and Radley M. Horton 103
12. On Bridging the Journalism/Science Divide
Bud Ward 111
Index 121
Color plate section is located between pages 88 and 89.

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Dalbotten, National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, USA
Gillian Roehrig, STEM Education Center, University of Minnesota, USA
Patrick Hamilton, Science Museum of Minnesota, USA