May 03 2012
So, while your text does introduce the concept of carbon neutral it did not mention carbon offsets, which have become a hot ticket in “climate change mitigation.” There are many companies out there now marketing carbon offsets to reduce your “carbon footprint.” Terrapass is a popular one. You can offset one year’s worth of air [...]
Apr 30 2012
Since it is so close to the AP exam and all of you have fulfilled your scribe post obligations, I won’t start the list over. So, here is a collection of links from past classes on major air pollution issues and global climate change for those that missed class. While written a year or two [...]
Apr 29 2012
After testing a handful of vehicles in each class, we tried to analyze the class data for trends. It has become harder and harder to do as vehicle emissions have become so much “cleaner” over the last decade (yes, I said it). If we had the time, this is the data I would love to [...]
Apr 27 2012
*We won’t start the Scribe List over this late in the year, so since we are out of scribes here is a guest post by JamesS in the other class: Monday we began talking about what exactly comes out of our cars, why they can be dangerous, and what the government is doing to curb [...]
Oct 16 2011
Today we talked about climate variety and 4 of 5 factors that determine it. 1. Unequal Heating of the Earth’s Surface A. The Earth is a sphere so as the angle of the impact of light increases, the amount of energy per meter squared that reaches the surface decreases. B. [...]
Oct 13 2011
Today in class we learned about the Structure of the Atmosphere. There are 5 layers; (from highest to lowest)Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, and the Troposphere. Today in class we focused on the Stratosphere and the Troposphere. We also discussed the differences between weather and climate. We narrowed it down to the two layers of the atmosphere, the Stratosphere and the Troposphere. [...]
