Topic 1: Science and Socio-Economics Aspects of Climate Change
Aug 28 - Sep 20
Aug 28 |
Atul Jain |
Climate Change: An Overview. |
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Assignment: |
IPCC Working Group I Summary for Policymakers,"Climate Change 2007:The Physical Science Basis," (2007).
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Aug 30 |
Feng Sheng Hu
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Historical climate change. |
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Assignment: |
Mann, M.E. "Global Temperature patterns in past centuries: An interactive presentation", Earth Interactions, Vol. 4,Paper No. 4,pp 29 (2000). |
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Sep 4 |
Don Wuebbles
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Science of the global change. |
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Assignment: |
Solomon et al., "Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
(2007).
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Sep 6 |
Jurgen Scheffran |
Socio-economic aspects of climate change. |
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Assignment: |
Bolin, B, "Socio-economic aspects of climate change," Internal Report.
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Sep 11 |
Wilfred (Mac) Post |
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Climate Change. |
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Assignment: |
Denman et al., Couplings between Changes in the Climate System and Biogeochemistry. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (2007).
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Sep 13 |
William Sullivan |
Environmental Sustainability. |
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Assignment: |
Context of Education for Sustainability, National Council for Science and The Environment (NCSE) Report, pp 16.
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Sep 18 & 20 |
Students |
Synthesis papers due. Discussion of student synthesis papers for Topic 1. |