ATMOSPHERE AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

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The focus of this course will be on the atmospheric environment and how human activities have caused perturbations of the Earth's natural atmosphere. Fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning, deforestation, industrial processes, and land use practices have all contributed to major changes in the composition of the Earth's atmosphere and have led to various environmental problems including photochemical smog, the greenhouse effect, and stratospheric ozone depletion. Long-term climate change since the time of Earth's beginning as well as recent changes resulting from man's activities and predictions for the future will be discussed.Faculty: K. HALLOCK-WATERS