Topics include: myths and facts of climate change; basic atmospheric science and climate modeling; the nature of scientific knowledge; relationships between scientific knowledge and social and cultural values; contributions that the social sciences and humanities can make to public debates on climate change.

Bibliography & Suggested Sources

Here are some of the sources our group used in order to put together our presentation. Also, we have included some suggested sources for further education on these issues. *This is not a complete bibliography.*

AFRICA: Trees ‘vital for food security’”. IRIN.com. 28 August 2009

Benhin, James K. A. “Agriculture and Deforestation in the Tropics: A Critical Theoretical and Empirical Review” AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 35. 1  (2006)  9–16

Ellis, Jim and Kathleen A. Gavin. “Climate Patterns and Land-Use Practices in the Dry Zones of Africa” BioScience, Vol. 44, No. 5, Global Impact of Land-Cover Change (May, 1994), pp. 340-349  < http://www.jstor.org/stable/1312384>

Cattaneo, Andrea. “Regional Comparative Advantage, Location of Agriculture, and Deforestation in Brazil” Journal of Sustainable Forestry 27 (2008): 25 – 42

Godoy, Ricardo, and Susan Tanner. “The effect of rainfall during gestation and early childhood on adult height in a foraging and horticultural society of the Bolivian Amazon.” American Journal of Human Biology 20.1 (2008): 24-34.

Roessig, Julie M. “Effects of global climate change on marine and estuarine fishes and fisheries” Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Vol 12, No.2, (June 2004), pp. 251 -275.

Tidwell, Mike: Bayou Farewell. New York, NY: Random House, 2003

Gettleman, Jeffrey. “Lush Land Dries up, Withering Kenya”. Nytimes.com. 8 September 2009.

Remarks at UN-REDD Programme press conference”. UN.org. 24 September 2008.

Rosenthal, Elizabeth. “An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up”. Nytimes.com 24 July 2009.

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