review terms for FINAL EXAM

"You and the Atom Bomb"
Aldo Leopold
Werner von Braun
Bikini Atoll
David Bradley
"Duck and Cover"
Silent Spring
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
October, 1962
Partial Test Ban Treaty
Operation "Ranch Hand"
"Earthrise"
April 22, 1970
Paul Ehrlich
Carl Sagan
Nuclear Winter
The Ninth Ward
"The Bridge to Gretna"
Joseph Fourier
Svante Arrhenius
G.S. Callendar
Charles David Keeling
Fukushima Daiichi
BP Oil Spill
The Goldilocks Effect
Gray Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure
Naomi Klein
Public Trust Doctrine
Joseph Sax
Environmental Justice
Externalities

Big History: the 'goldilocks effect' and avoiding catastrophe

In this talk, historian David Christian talks about the 'goldilocks effect' that has provided the foundation for life on earth and the emergence of the human race. At the end of his lecture, he also discusses the possible catastrophes that threaten our biosphere and our global civilization.

inside report from the Fukushima evacuation zone

Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei?

Here's a link to the Frontline profile of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei.

& here's a recent CNN interview with the artist:

two essays comparing the Japan quake of 2011 to the Lisbon quake of 1755

Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post compares our response to the disaster in Japan to the European reaction to the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. Patrick J. Deneen responds to this essay in the blog Front Porch Republic.

short NASA clip on climate trends in past 10 years

This short clip explains climate trend over the past decade and possible outcomes in the decade to come.

from the NASA website:

Piecing together the temperature puzzle

Each year, scientists at NASA'S Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyze global temperature data. The past year, 2009, tied as the second warmest year since global instrumental temperature records began 130 years ago. Worldwide, the mean temperature was 0.57°C (1.03°F) warmer than the 1951-1980 base period. And January 2000 to December 2009 came out as the warmest decade on record.

Take a look below at NASA's collection of videos, articles and imagery designed to help tell the story of our warming world.

blog post for Chase Bentley

The disaster I chose was the Zaca Fire in
2007 in California. Here is a link to a local news source.

http://www.keyt.com/news/local/8362337.html