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LC8C. Stay Current—Highs and Lows Over the Past 750 Million Years
Staying current for Chapter 8 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Life and Climate Contents } 2026-07-30. Witness to ocean acidification. By R. Mark Leckie, Science. Excerpt: Foraminifera inhabit coastal and deep-sea marine environments. These microscopic, single-celled organisms are widely used as proxies for relative age determination and reconstructing past climates. The ratio of […]
LC7C. Stay Current—Earth’s Shifting Crust
Stay current for chapter 7 { Life and Climate Contents } 2026-07-08. In a First, Scientists Observe Creation of New Seafloor. By K. R. Callaway, The New York Times. Excerpt: Far down on the ocean floor, Earth is recycling its own skin. At certain boundaries, the huge plates of rock that make up the planet’s […]
LC6C. Stay Current—How and When Did Complex Life Begin?
Stay current for chapter 6 { Life and Climate Contents } Understanding Evolution – a one-stop source for information on evolution. 2019-11-14. Alien genes from bacteria helped plants conquer the land. By Elizabeth Pennisi, Science Magazine. 2024-11-13. Best evidence yet that “Snowball Earth” saw ice cover the entire globe. By Evrim Yazgin, COSMOS. Excerpt: More than 700 million […]
LC5C. Stay Current—The Origin of Our Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere
Stay current for chapter 5 { Life and Climate Contents } 2026-07-31. What triggered one of the most dramatic changes in Earth’s history? By Paul Voosen, Science. Excerpt: For its first 2 billion years, Earth had almost no free oxygen in its air or oceans. Then, some 2.45 billion years ago, the ancestors of photosynthetic […]
LC4C. Stay Current—The Beginning of Life on Earth
Stay current for chapter 4 { Life and Climate Contents } 2026-06-12. Metal-driven chemical reaction in deep sea may explain origin of life. By Viviane Callier, Science. Excerpt: The chemistry of life has an unlikely participant: phosphate. This simple molecule of phosphorus and four oxygen atoms cements nucleotides together to form the backbone of DNA […]
LC2C. Stay Current—Where Does Earth’s Atmosphere Come From?
Staying current with chapter 2 { Life and Climate Contents } 2016-05-09. Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is today. By Roland Pease, Science. Excerpt: …very little is known about how thick Earth’s ancient atmosphere once was. Now, a new study suggests that Earth’s atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago was between a quarter to […]
CC10C. Staying Current—What Do You Think About Global Climate Change?
Staying current for Chapter 10 See non-chronological resources Articles from: {2023}-{2022}-{2021}-{2020}-{2012–2019}-{2008–2011}-{2001–2007} { Climate Change Contents } Articles from 2024–2026 (most recent) 2026-08-10. Many Americans Underestimate Health Risks of Extreme Weather, New Study Finds. By Rebecca Owen, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: A changing climate increases the health risks posed by extreme weather. However, according to the 2024 Yale Climate Opinion […]
CC10C. 2020-What Do You Think About Global Climate Change?
Staying current for Chapter 10 Articles from 2020 Stay current index page for Chapter 10 { Climate Change Contents } 2022-08-20. Diet for a hotter climate: five plants that could help feed the world. [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/20/ancient-crops-climate-crisis-amaranth-fonio-cowpeas-taro-kernza] By Cecilia Nowell, The Guardian. Excerpt: Over the course of human history, scientists believe that humans have cultivated more than 6,000 […]
CC10C. 2012-What Do You Think About Global Climate Change?
Staying current for Chapter 10 Articles from 2012–2019 Stay current index page for Chapter 10 { Climate Change Contents } 2019-12-29. Our Cherished Rivers Are Under Threat. By Macarena Soler, Monti Aguirre and Juan Pablo Orrego, The New York Times (Opinion). [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/opinion/climate-change-hydroelectric-dam.html] Excerpt: … rivers, like many worldwide, have been threatened by dam projects that aim […]
CC10C. 2001-2007-What Do You Think About Global Climate Change?
Staying current for Chapter 10 Articles from 2001–2007 Stay current index page for Chapter 10 { Climate Change Contents } 2007 December 10. Al Gore’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech. [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/read-al-gores-nobel-prize_n_76054] 2007 December 3. Climate Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report. By PETER GELLING and ANDREW C. REVKIN, NY Times. Excerpt: JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 2 – Thousands of government officials, […]