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As you work through this chapter you will:
- Investigate a case study that illustrates the impact of climate change on a community of our human population.
- Explore the key scientific concepts of global climate change.
- Study the major symptoms of global climate change.
- Analyze the causes of climate change and see how human activities affect the climate.
- See the consequences of global climate change for ecosystems and human society.
- Recognize the moral principles, goals, and virtues needed for making sound policy and lifestyle responses to global climate change.
- Investigate why and how the challenge of global climate change is raising spiritual questions.
- Consider an environmental action that addresses climate change in your community.
Climate change is the most serious challenge we face on our planet. The decisions we make in response to this challenge will effect generations to come.1
1941 photo taken by Ulysses William O. Field; 2004 photo taken by Bruce F. Molnia. Courtesy of the Glacier Photograph Collection, National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology.
Source: http://climate.nasa.gov/state_of_flux#Icemelt.jpg