GEOG555  Global Environmental Change

CONTENT:  This new course examines key themes in environmental change at the global scale, environmental policy formation, and relevance of environmental change for policy implementation and assessment. Prerequisite:  Graduate student standing, Geog 500, and Geog 280, or instructor's permission.   3 hours.

OFFERED:  On Demand - Contact Dr. John All.

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Current Syllabus:

None available yet as this is a new course
Course objectives: To examine current knowledge of global change and critically review the scientific literature.
Content outline:
=Global Environmental Change Contexts
=Greenhouse Gas Basics
=Global Carbon Fluxes
-Modeling
-Uncertainties
-‘Lost’ Carbon Sinks
=Paleo Climate
-Techniques
Ice Cores
Sediment Cores
Tree Rings
Pack Rat Middens
-Indices of Past Temperatures and Climate
=Future Conditions
-Modeling
Hadley Model
GISS
UKMO
-Temperature Outcomes
-Precipitation Outcomes
=Global Change Ramifications
-Habitat
-Oceans
-Agriculture
-Disease
-Water
- Policy Implications.

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