FIRST YEAR MATTERS:

FEET TO THE FIRE

COMMON READING ASSIGNMENT

Mehta, Suketu. "Lost Horizons."  Conde Nast Traveler: Book of Unforgettable Journeys (ed. Glowczewska) (2007): pp.146-165.

Nickens, T. Edward (2007). "Walden Warming." National Wildlife Magazine. (vol 45, no. 6, Oct./Nov. 2007): 10p (online source: via Google).

Root, T. et al. "Fingerprints of Global Warming on Wild Animals and Plants." Nature (vol. 421, Jan, 2, 2003): p. 57-60 (on-line source: Nature Journal online).

Spahr, Juliana. Unnamed Dragonfly Species. (2002).

Go to the Library's e-reserve page to find your readings and use "fym001" as both the course code and password

 

Due August 28, 2008

We suggest you finish your readings before coming to campus for orientation!

If you are interested in learning more, please take a look at the supplemental readings and at the following websites:

Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change (2006). Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Pew Center on the States found at http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Climate101-FULL_121406_065519.pdf

Parmesan & Yohe, "A Globally Coherent Fingerprint of Climate Change Impacts Across Natural Systems." Nature (vol. 421, Jan, 2, 2003): p. 37-42 (on-line source: Nature Journal online).

IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II, and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, Pachauri, R.K. and Reisinger, A. (eds.)] IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland.

A large bank of resources are available at http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html

 

Go to Peer Advisor to discuss this material with the SARN peer advisors.

 

 

 
 
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