EAS 2680

Climate and Global Warming

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Familiarizes students from a range of disciplines with the basics and modern issues of climatology, such as what dictates the global and local climate, how to observe and measure it, the greenhouse effect and human-made climate change, natural climate variability and past climates. Also covers the carbon cycle, isotopes, climate models, and what our future climate might look like. Readings focus on deepening mechanistic understanding and recent scientific findings related to climate change.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: basic college math.

Distribution Category (OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS, PHS-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

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