You are expected to submit a summary of a current climate / environmental-related article from the mainstream press, along with your personal Assessment/reflection. Using a recent news article from a reliable source, please feel encouraged to explore topics that include extreme weather (e.g. winter storms, drought), climate change, energy (e.g. decreases in crude oil price, fracking, coal mining, nuclear power plants, alternative energy, etc), adaptation of animal behavior to recent climate change (including mammals, insects, fish, etc), policy related topics (international climate change conferences), and more. Due by January 28.
Guidelines of this assignment are:
Article summary: Your own summary – do not copy from an original source (1 page).
Reflection: Your own discussion about the topic(s) of the article. Please apply your knowledge from this course and incorporate it into your discussion (1 page)
Maximum pages: 2
Font type and size: Times New Roman/Times, 12-point size, double spaced
Data (optional): include source data
Figures and Tables (optional): include source data
List of reference(s)
http://forecast.uchicago.edu/lectures.html
This link provides the video lecture in Chapter 1
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You must send a summary of a recent mainstream press climate / environmental-related article, as well as your personal Assessment/reflection. Please feel free to investigate topics such as extreme weather (e.g. winter storms, drought), climate change, energy (e.g. decreases in crude oil price, fracking, coal mining, nuclear power plants, alternative energy, etc), adaptation of animal behavior to recent climate change (including mammals, insects, fish, and more) using a recent news article from a reputable source. The deadline is January 28.
The following are the guidelines for this assignment:
Your own summary of the article; do not plagiarize from another source (1 page).
Reflection: Your own thoughts on the article’s subject(s). Please put what you’ve learned in this course to good use.
