Climate Science

Catalog description

This lab-based course engages students in critical thinking about contemporary theories and issues in climate science. Students will examine the major forces, feedbacks, cycles and oscillations that create climate at local and global scales in lab and lecture. Changes in climate over geological as well as historic time are introduced in lecture and expanded in lab through the study of bio-stratigraphy, indexing of fossils, and proxy data analysis. Students use Climate Science as a tool to understand the practice of modern science and the assessment of evidence by the scientific community. Students will also study the impact of climate change on biodiversity, sustainable resources, and formulate solutions to global issues and challenges.