"In contrast to the short-term atmospheric changes we call weather, climate refers to longer-term variations. We can think of climate as the average weather for a particular region and time period, usually over thirty years." #SCIE8704N www.jstor.org/stable/10.75...
1 CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE: The Facts The Facts from Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators on JSTOR
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE:, Communicating Climate Change, pp. 7-20
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"Weather varies minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day, month to month, and season to season." #SCIE8704N www.jstor.org/stable/10.75...
1 CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE: The Facts The Facts from Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators on JSTOR
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE:, Communicating Climate Change, pp. 7-20
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On Charles David Keeling measuring carbon dioxide contained in air samples from different locations in the 1950s, "what had started as a fun project became a mission with global importance" - Rober Kunzig, Proof Positive from A People's Curriculum for the Earth #SCIE8704N
Cafeteria Culture cafeteriaculture.org
Cafeteria Culture - Youth Voices, Big Solutions: Tackling Food Waste & Plastic Pollution
At Cafeteria Culture (CafCu), we ignite student leadership to drive real-world change—starting in the school cafeteria, where every student has equal access. Since 2009, our hands-on programs have emp...
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Managing Stormwater in NYC A Teacher’s Guide and Classroom Resource www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/d...
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"A municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) is a publicly-owned conveyance or system of conveyances" www.nyc.gov/site/dep/wat...
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System - DEP
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"New York City is shaped by water. The waters of the New York City Harbor set boundaries for the City’s boroughs and define our history." www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/d...
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Stumbled upon the NYC Water Virtual Tours NYC Watershed! NYC Sewer System! Wastewater Treatment! Stormwater Resilience! New York Harbor! storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
NYC Water Virtual Tours
Explore NYC’s amazing water resources! Using staff interviews, in the field footage, interactive maps and historical images, you will discover where our drinking water comes from, what happens after i...
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Blue Zones (coming soon) #SCIE8703N www.nybg.org/plant-resear...
Urban Conservation | New York Botanical Garden
Cities across the globe are facing imminent biodiversity, climate, and environmental justice crises. In the heart of the United States’ largest metropolis, NYBG has a unique opportunity to act as a ca...
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Launch the map explorer and add a NYC address to see the previous plants and animals from 1609 www.welikia.org #SCIE8703N
The Welikia Project
Explore the landscape before New York.
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“We get a lot of tours from private schools. We don’t get a lot of tours from public schools” Said to an audience of mostly public school teachers. #SCIE8703N
“In this building if there is a leak on the 1st floor bathroom, they’ll still call and say it is the green roof leaking” #SCIE8703N
After multiple days of being outside at parks in the heat, I am cold indoors, and so thrilled for a freshly made cup of coffee made by Maria, park’s employee for 45 years. Sad that even here staff have a hard time with recycling (there doesn’t seem like there is any composting in the dining space)
Blue-Green Roofs can store more water than regular green roofs #SCIE8703N resilio.amsterdam/en/smart-blu...
COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM IN DRY AND WET WEATHER CONDITIONS climate.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/u... #SCIE8703N
Today I Learned: NYC buildings have a "dead load" capacity. Each green roof is built to handle a certain amount of water. Beyond the capacity, it HAS to drain. Otherwise it will take the soil. Dead loads also involve snow on the roof.
