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Understanding Global Change

Discover why the climate and environment changes, your place in the Earth system, and paths to a resilient future.

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Discover why the climate and environment changes, your place in the Earth system, and paths to a resilient future.

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Home → HS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity → HS-ESS3-1

Agricultural activities

Posted September 8, 2020

Air quality

Posted September 7, 2020

Airborne particles

Posted September 6, 2020

Burning of fossil fuels

Posted September 3, 2020

Clouds

Posted August 30, 2020

Deforestation / reforestation

Posted August 29, 2020

Displacement of human populations

Posted August 28, 2020

Earth’s internal heat

Posted August 26, 2020

Erosion

Posted August 24, 2020

Extinction

Posted August 22, 2020

Fire

Posted August 21, 2020

Fishing and hunting

Posted August 20, 2020

Food availability and nutrition

Posted August 19, 2020

Freshwater quality and availability

Posted August 18, 2020

Freshwater use

Posted August 17, 2020

Habitat loss / restoration

Posted August 14, 2020

Health / disease

Posted August 13, 2020

Innovation

Posted August 12, 2020

Nutrient levels

Posted August 6, 2020

Ocean acidification

Posted August 5, 2020

Plate Tectonics

Posted July 28, 2020

Population growth

Posted July 26, 2020

Precipitation

Posted July 25, 2020

Productivity and biomass

Posted July 24, 2020

Renewable energy

Posted July 22, 2020

Sea level rise

Posted July 18, 2020

Temperature

Posted July 18, 2020

Uplift / sinking of land

Posted July 17, 2020

Urbanization

Posted July 16, 2020

Volcanism

Posted July 15, 2020

Water Cycle

Posted July 14, 2020

Wind

Posted July 11, 2020

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