GPS 0107 - Climate Change

Credits: 3

An examination of our climate systems, including the physics of the greenhouse effect and mechanisms/forcings, both natural and human, of climate change. The second part of the course focuses on climate change observed in the past, today, and in the future, including methods of past climate reconstruction and future climate prediction. The third part of the course extends the discussion beyond the scientific basis and into questions of impacts, vulnerabilities, and possible adaptation/mitigation strategies.

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