Mapping the IPCC onto the Curriculum
Land:Water
Higher temperature dries land surfaces, moving water to the atmosphere, and moves frozen water from storage on land as glaciers into the ocean.
IPCC Summary for Policymakers (SPM) content
A.1.5 Human influence is very likely the main driver of the global retreat of glaciers since the 1990s
B.2.5 Additional warming is projected to further amplify permafrost thawing, and loss of seasonal snow cover, of land ice and of Arctic sea ice
B.3.2 A warmer climate will intensify very wet and very dry weather and climate events and seasons, with implications for flooding or drought
Science Standards: NGSS SEP, DCI, CC
SEP: Analyzing & interpreting data
SEP: Developing & using models
LS2.B Cycles of matter & energy transfer
ESS2.C The roles of water in Earth processes
ESS2.D Weather & climate
ESS3.D Global climate change
CC: Energy & matter
CC: Scale, proportion & quantity
PRI Climate Resources
Climate Toolkit: Watershed Comparisons (2.06 MB)
Climate Toolkit: Watershed Comparisons, Data for Activity
Climate Toolkit: Watershed Comparison, Student Handout (2.81 MB)
Climate Toolkit: Watershed Comparison, Hydrologic Cycle Overview (1.47 MB)