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Assignment Problem: You will now submit a paper exploring the known history of climate change and the potential for future climate change.

Prompt: First, you will construct a working history from evidence of recent and ancient climate change and discuss how this is measured. Then, you will explain what the major effects of climate change are and what variables drive them. In looking at potential impacts, what are the different scenarios of imminent change and the positive versus negative consequences, based on models of uncertainty?

Remember to add a brief commentary section at the end that describes exactly how you will present this material to your audience, as this could vary greatly.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Task 1: History of Climate Change

a) What is the evidence for recent change? What measurements can be made?

b) What is the evidence of ancient change? What measurements can be made?

c) What history can be reconstructed from the evidence?

Task 2: Potential Impact of Climate Change

a) What are the major effects (with regional examples) of climate change driven by these three main variables?

i. Rising global temperatures

ii. Use of fossil fuels

iii. Use of nuclear power

b) What are the different scenarios for imminent change based on the uncertainty ranges of our best model predictions?

c) What are the various regional positive versus negative consequences bounded by our models of uncertainty?