Topic 2: Impacts of Climate Change
Sept 25 - Oct 16
Sept 25 |
James Angel
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Climate Change and Illinois. |
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Assignment: |
Angel, "Temperature Variability in Illinois: 1895-2002," Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science.
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Sept 27 |
John Walsh |
Climate Change and Arctic Cryosphere. |
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Assignment: |
Synthesis/Summary chapter on the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (2005).
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Oct 2 |
Haroon Kheshgi |
Long Term Carbon and Energy Management. |
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Assignment: |
"International Policy Approaches to Address the Climate Change Challanges”, Summary Report, an IPIECA Workshop, Beijing, China, 25-26 October 2005. Oct 2001, pp14.
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Oct 9 |
Rao Kottamarthi
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Climate Change and Air Pollution. |
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Assignment: |
Prather et al. "Fresh air in the 21st century?". Geophy Res. Letter, 30(2), 1100,
doi:10.1029/2002GL016285 (2003). |
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Oct 10 |
Dev Niyogi
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Climate Change and Agriculture. |
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Assignment: |
R. Pielke et al., "A New Paradigm for Assessing the Role of Agriculture in the Climate System and in Climate
Change". |
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Oct 16 |
Murugesu Sivapalan |
Climate Change and Water. |
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Assignment: |
P.C.D. Milly et al., "Increasing risk of great foods in a changing climate". |
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Questions: |
Assigned Questions. |
Oct 18 |
Students |
Synthesis papers due. Discussion of student synthesis papers for Topic 2. |