A summary of carbon and climate change | Earth Hazards | meriSTEM
Channel: meriSTEM Education
Date: 2021-08-25

Emeritus Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University (anu.edu.au) summarises carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and how it's affecting climate change This as part of a series on how humans effect our climate. 

This clip has been created by the Research School of Earth Sciences (rses.anu.edu.au). These resources are part of a comprehensive program, curriculum matched to the unit 'The changing Earth - the cause and impact of Earth hazards'. 

This video touches on the following curriculum descriptors: 
Human activities, particularly land-clearing and fossil fuel consumption, produce gases (including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons) and particulate materials that change the composition of the atmosphere and climatic conditions (for example, the enhanced greenhouse effect) (ACSES105)

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This video is part of meriSTEM Australian senior science educational resources (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Email the team (contact.meristem@anu.edu.au) for further information, course access and curriculum links.