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locations Lectures: M-F, 10:50-11:50, 227 SIG Instructor: Jennifer Fletcher Office: Room 724, ATG (Atmospheric Sciences Building) Email:jkf at atmos dot washington dot edu Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1-2:30 PM, or by appointment Text: The Rough Guide to Climate Change, 2nd ed., by Rob Henson, Rough Guides, 2008. This short non-technical book summarizes the current scientific consensus. |
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| Class Description The primary goal of this course is to understand the basic science of global warming and its consequences to date. We will then examine how the climate is projected to change over the present century due to further human activity and some of impacts these changes will have on ecosystems and people. The lectures will provide a critical analysis of the scientific consensus on global warming and highlight the major sources of uncertainty in the projections of future climate. Schedule (to be updated regularly)Week 1 (June 21-25): Read Rough Guide pp 3-31. Introduction Global Warming Primer Solar Radiation (color and black & white) The Greenhouse Effect (color and black & white) Greenhouse Gases (color and black & white) Homework 1 assigned. Week 2 (June 28-July 2): Climate Forcings (color and black & white) Climate Feedbacks (color and black & white) Homework 1 due June 29. Homework 2 assigned. Week 3 (July 6-9): Global Warming Impacts I. Read Rough Guide pp 75-127. Homework 2 due July 6. Homework 3 assigned. Extreme Heat (color and black & white) Floods and Droughts (color and black & white) Week 4 (July 12-16): Global Warming Impacts II. Read Rough Guide pp 75-127. Homework 3 due July 13. Homework 4 assigned. Ice & Snow (color and black & white) Oceans (color and black & white) Week 5 (July 19-23): Global Warming Impacts III. Read Rough Guide pp 128-168. Homework 4 due July 20. Homework 5 assigned. Hurricanes (color and black & white) Ecosystems and Agriculture (color and black & white) Week 6 (July 26-30): Data and Models. Read Rough Guide pp 171-244. Homework 5 due July 27. Homework 6 assigned. Climate Records (color and black & white) Paleoclimate (color and black & white) Climate Models (color and black & white) Week 7 (August 2-6): Who's Responsible? Read Rough Guide pp 32-42. Homework 6 due August 3. Who's Responsible? (color and black & white) Review Lecture (color and black & white) Exam review sheet Exam August 5. Week 8 (August 9-13): Debates and Solutions. Read Rough Guide pp 278-285 & 306-332. Debates (color and black & white) Solutions I: Alternative Energy (color and black & white) Solutions II: Geoengineering (color and black & white) Final paper/project proposal due Friday August 13 (email is fine). Rough draft of paper due Monday August 16. Week 9 (August 16-20): Solutions continued. Read Rough Guide pp 286-305. Climate Wedges (color and black & white) Political Solutions 1 (color and black & white) Political Solutions 2: Bolivia Final paper due August 20. |
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