Teachers are acidifying different water samples by blowing air into them. Exhaled air has high CO2, which dissolves in the water. The water samples differ in their alkalinity or buffer capacity to pH changes, which can be observed through a color indicator. The experiment was directed by George Waldbusser (half visible on left margin).
Contact information for Participants and Presenters pdf xlsx
Certificate of Participation pdf ppt
Reading
- Climate Change 2013: The Physical Basis, 5th Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Summary for Policymakers
- Ice Core Methods
- Terra Magazine: Ice Core Diaries
Presentations
- Andreas Schmittner: The Science of Climate Change
- Alan Mix: Foraminifera and Tracers for Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography
- Burke Hales: Ocean acidification: What it is, why does it matter to Oregon, and what can scientists do to help?
- Ed Brook: Tiny Bubbles: The history of greenhouse gases and climate from polar ice cores
- Maziet Cheseby: Ocean Sediment Core Lab Tour
- Kathie Dello: Regional Climate Change Impacts
- Susan Capalbo: Economics and Decision-Making for Climate Change and Sustainability
- John Snelling: Nature's Trust
Teaching Material
Teachers are studying the ocean sediment core collection at OSU's core repository under the guidance of Maziet Cheseby (with hat).
Links
Gwen Bury: DIVA-GIS Modeling Activity
Oregon Health Authority-Climate Change
Benton County Environmental Health-Climate Change
Funded by the National Science Foundation's Marine Geology and Geophysics program, grant OCE-1131834.
Last updated Aug. 20, 2014