Chapter 3D. The Effects of Climate Change
Learning Objectives
By carefully reading this chapter and completing the learning activities within it, you should be able to do the following:
- Summarize the history of human influence on climate and how carbon isotopes are used to examine human influence
- Describe the role of computer models for understanding climate change.
- Describe the modern and projected consequences of increasing atmospheric CO2 levels
- Predict, by referencing the carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2 concentrations, how changing policies and behaviors could affect future climate.
