BIO 111 Science, the Environment & Sustainability

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1. Ted Talk – Summarize what you learned about the positive steps that are being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

2. Review each of the following websites and explain what you learned.

a. Breathing Earth http://www.breathingearth.net/

I learned that climate change plays a big part in life aspects such as science, generation,

b. Carbon Trends

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/history.html

c. Climate Time Machine

http://climate.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm

d. The Changing Artic

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/arctic-map/

3. Go to the UW-Stout Energy Dashboard (use Internet Explorer browser): http://buildingdashboard.net/uwstout/#/uwstout

a. Which campus building used the most energy today?

Merle price commons

b. Which campus building used the least energy today?

General service building

c. Which actions will you take to decrease your use of energy?

I will use less of heat