GEO 1060Global Climate Change:SC2

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Presents global climate change from an Earth science perspective including paleoclimatology, atmospheric science, vegetation, fluvial systems, and oceanic circulation. This course analyzes observed and predicted impacts of climate change on the world’s terrestrial regions. This course examines interrelationships among economy, society, public policy, and geographic variation in greenhouse gas emissions at national and regional scales. This course also discusses efforts to mitigate climate change and its causes and/or adaptations to global climate change. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SC2 category.