America's Climate Choices
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -Continuing Education 11-Continuing Education |
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Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering Environmental Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science Geological Engineering Green Design and Sustainable Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mineral and Mining Engineering Nuclear Engineering Ocean Engineering Petroleum Engineering |
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Teaching - Lecture/Presentation |
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WWW |
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Organization:National Resource Council - NRC |
| Description: | "Policy advice, based on science, to guide the nation's response to climate change. For more on this study, watch this video to learn about America's Climate Choices from the experts who are working on it. As part of its most comprehensive assessment to date, the National Research Council – the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering – will release three new reports examining how the nation can combat the effects of global warming. One focuses on the science to better understand climate change, and the others review options for limiting the magnitude of and adapting to the impacts of global warming. The reports are part of a congressionally requested suite of studies known as America’s Climate Choices. " |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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Video associated with the National Academies report - Advancing the Science of Climate Change. "As part of its most comprehensive assessment to date, the National Research Council ? the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering ? will release three new reports examining how the nation can combat the effects of global warming. One focuses on the science to better understand climate change, and the others review options for limiting the magnitude of and adapting to the impacts of global warming. The reports are part of a congressionally requested suite of studies known as America?s Climate Choices." |
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Medium |
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| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.americasclimatechoices.org/study-video.shtml?utm_mediu |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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