Readings
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson believes we should find this in climate action
Joy
This term refers to the act of giving another writer feedback on a draft
Peer-reviewing
This year was Earth's warmest year on record
2024
This term refers to the average weather in an area over a long period of time
Climate
Finish the famous Shrek quote, "Ogres are like ____"
Onions
Over the past 10 years, this group from the "Six Americas" study has grown more than any other group
Alarmed
The right type of evidence is the type that your audience finds ______
Convincing
This industry is responsible for burning the largest amount of greenhouse gases
Transportation
This is the most abundant naturally occurring greenhouse gas
Water vapor
This is the number of NBA teams in California
4
This group from Yale's Six Americas know little about global warming and they rarely or never hear about it in the media
Disengaged
This term, sometimes called "close reading" or "explication" refers to the process scholars use to examine and explain the meanings of sourcese
The richest 1 billion people on this planet are responsible for roughly this percentage of greenhouse gas emissions
50%
These are two examples of greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc
Octopus have this many hearts
3
This is a form of feedback in which the reader strives to recount their experiences as a reader rather than evaluate the writing itself
This term refers to the increase in production and consumption of goods beginning around 1950, after World War II
The Great Acceleration
Many of the plants and animals that have later became fossil fuels can be dated back to this time period
Carboniferous
Most air pollutants are the result of this
Burning fossil fuels
This was the first president to appear on television
This old Latin term refers to land that is empty and belongs to nobody
Terra nullius
During the Renaissance, Baldesar Castiglione coined this term to describe a kind of "practiced ease"
Sprezzatura
This is the name of the red seaweed species that has been proven to significantly reduce cow methane emissions when fed to them
Asparagopsis taxiformis
This is the name of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist who started taking daily measurements of CO2 levels in the atmosphere in the year 1958. These measurements continue today.
Charles Keeling
This comedian just concluded his first season of the talk show "Everybody's Live" by wrestling three 14-year-old boys on his season finale episode.
John Mulaney