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9.5 Global Climate Change

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Global climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns globally. While Earth has undergone climate change throughout geologic time, the current change is driven by human greenhouse gas emissions and is happening far faster than past natural shifts.

In this unit

10 lessons

  1. 9.1Stratospheric Ozone DepletionPreview lesson
  2. 9.2Reducing Ozone DepletionPreview lesson
  3. 9.3The Greenhouse EffectPreview lesson
  4. 9.4Increases in the Greenhouse GasesPreview lesson
  5. 9.5Global Climate ChangeThis lesson
  6. 9.6Ocean WarmingPreview lesson
  7. 9.7Ocean AcidificationPreview lesson
  8. 9.8Invasive SpeciesPreview lesson
  9. 9.9Endangered SpeciesPreview lesson
  10. 9.10Human Impacts on BiodiversityPreview lesson

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