EN 100 Lab 5 – Climate Change in the Past

For this lab, you are going to watch a short documentary about a relatively new discovery made

off the Alabama coast which has implications for understanding how our climate has changed

over time. Click on the following link:

The Underwater Forest:

Now, write a 1 page summary (single-spaced, 12 point font, Calibri) of the documentary. Be

sure to answer the following questions within your summary:

• What was the discovery and why is it significant and surprising?

• What kinds of data were collected and what did they tell us?

• How different is that discovery compared to coastal forests of today?

• Given the age of the discovery, what does that tell us about how the climate has

changed in Alabama and the globe?

• When did that climate change occur?

• Did humans have any influence over the sea level rises that buried that forest?

Submit your answer as a .pdf or .doc/.docx document on Blackboard.