Assignments due

Complete Hydrosphere Module to prepare for Thursday RAQ
Week 6 Team Roles: all roles but Reporter due on Canvas before your quiz section; Reporter notes/summary due by Friday 11:59 p.m.

Atmosphere 4: Vulnerability, Resilience, & Adaptive Capacity (Tues.)

In the ecosystems chapter, we learned about the concepts of vulnerability and resilience as they relate to ecosystems - but how do they apply to human populations in the context of climate change? We will also learn about the concept of adaptive capacity.

Atmosphere L4 Vulnerability, Resilience & Adaptive Capacity

In-Class Activity Materials: Hurricane Matthew

Quiz Section 6: Carbon Dioxide Markets (Wed.)

This week's readings consider the role of carbon markets as a regulatory measure to address climate change. You will build off of last week's readings on trees to consider reforestation efforts as a voluntary carbon market case study. Do international reforestation schemes (perhaps most famously the REDD+ program) actually work? Who benefits and who loses?

Read:

"Carbon Dioxide" in Robbins, Hintz & Moore (2014) Environment & Society: A Critical Introduction. Wiley Blackwell. | PDF
- You can also access the E-book through UW Libraries here: LINK
Watch: "What is REDD+?" UN Climate Change (Youtube Video, 4 minute). LINK
Massarella, K. and A. Asiyanbi. (2020, August 13) "Models aren't a panacea for saving the environment: Hard lessons from REDD+" The Conversation. LINK

Optional:

Cannon, J. (2024) "Forest carbon credits and the voluntary market: A solution or a distraction?" Mongabay. LINK
- NOTE: this article is the first of a five-part series on global forest carbon offset markets, I recommend reading all of them if you have the time!

Hydrosphere 1: Hydrosphere RAQ (Thurs.)

Readiness Assessment Quiz 3 will be on this date. This RAQ will cover the Hydrosphere Module on Canvas.

Additional Resources:

"Water Resources" Ch. 6 in Elemental Geosystems
"Atmospheric Water and Weather" Ch. 5 in Elemental Geosystems