Burning of fossil fuels Carbon cycle C Ocean CO 2 Life cycles & traits Burning of fossil fuels Greenhouse Air temperature Agricultural activities Greenhouse gases CO 2 Water cycle H 2 O Snow & ice cover Species populations Fishing & hunting CO 2 We can organize the parts of the Earth into three categories: CAUSES OF CHANGE —human activities and non-human factors that affect Earth system processes; EARTH SYSTEM PROCESSES —ongoing processes that shape Earth through time; and MEASURABLE CHANGES —the evidence for global changes through time. Non-human causes of change tend to operate over long timescales (thousands to millions of years), while humans are causing major disruptions to the Earth system we can measure over relatively short timescales (decades, years, or less). An example system model illustrating how burning of fossil fuels, which contributes to ocean acidiﬁcation, and ﬁshing affect populations of marine species. Complex models can be constructed and annotated in the interactive. An example system model illustrating how burning of fossil fuels and agricultural activities enhance the greenhouse effect, leading to changes in temperature and snow and ice cover, and a feedback loop. www.biointeractive.org/ugc www.ucmp.berkeley.edu Images adapted from the Understanding Global Change Project from the University of California Museum of Paleontology, with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. © 2018 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, and the Regents of the University of California. This poster is provided free of charge by HHMI for educational purposes; the poster may not be sold or resold. All other rights reserved. Understanding Global Change Earth is a dynamic system with many interacting parts that shape the world we live in. HHMI and the University of California Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley have partnered to create an online resource to visualize these interactions. Students and teachers construct models that connect the human and non-human causes and effects of changes in the Earth system.

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Burning offossil fuels

CarboncycleC

Ocean CO2

Life cycles &traits

Burning offossil fuels

Greenhouse

Air temperature

Agriculturalactivities

Greenhousegases

CO2

Water cycleH2O

Snow &ice cover

Speciespopulations

Fishing &hunting

CO2

We can organize the parts of the Earth into three categories:

CAUSES OF CHANGE —human activities and non-human factors that affect Earth system processes;

EARTH SYSTEM PROCESSES —ongoing processes that shape Earth through time; and

MEASURABLE CHANGES —the evidence for global changes through time. Non-human causes of change tend to operate over long timescales (thousands to millions of years), while humans are causing major disruptions to the Earth system we can measure over relatively short timescales (decades, years, or less).

An example system model illustrating how burning of fossil fuels, which contributes to ocean acidification, and fishing affect populations of marine species. Complex models can be constructed and annotated in the interactive.

An example system model illustrating how burning of fossil fuels and agricultural activities enhance the greenhouse effect, leading to changes in temperature and snow and ice cover, and a feedback loop.

www.biointeractive.org/ugc www.ucmp.berkeley.edu Images adapted from the Understanding Global Change Project from the University of California Museum of Paleontology, with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.© 2018 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, and the Regents of the University of California. This poster is provided free of charge by HHMI for educational purposes; the poster may not be sold or resold. All other rights reserved.

Understanding Global ChangeEarth is a dynamic system with many interacting parts that shape the world we live in. HHMI and the University of California Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley have partnered to create an online resource to visualize these interactions. Students and teachers construct models that connect the human and non-human causes and effects of changes in the Earth system.