What does a changing environment change?
Connect climate, ecosystems, food and engineering through the places where their effects meet.
Choose an idea to see what it connects to. Each link says how the two are related; the reading takes you further.
What does a changing environment change?
Connect climate, ecosystems, food and engineering through the places where their effects meet.
How is a broad change experienced locally?
Start with Ghana's climate reporting. Which observations describe a particular event, and which describe a pattern across longer periods?
Connected ideas
← asks about climateWhat does a changing environment change?↗changes conditions to investigateWhat happens to an ecosystem?↗Read into this question
What happens to an ecosystem?
Move from a single environmental pressure to the living system around it. Which species, habitats and human activities need to be considered together?
Connected ideas
← asks about ecosystemsWhat does a changing environment change?↗← changes conditions to investigateHow is a broad change experienced locally?↗connects to production and diversityHow do crops connect ecology and everyday life?↗← must be judged in its settingWhat can engineering change?↗Read into this question
How do crops connect ecology and everyday life?
Use the history and distribution of crops to ask how food systems connect biological diversity, places and human choices.
Connected ideas
← asks about foodWhat does a changing environment change?↗← connects to production and diversityWhat happens to an ecosystem?↗raises practical design questionsWhat can engineering change?↗Read into this question
What can engineering change?
Examine a research response to waste treatment. What problem is the work trying to address, and what would establish its usefulness beyond an early demonstration?