Introduction to Climate and Climate Change

Catalog description

An introduction to the earth’s climate system as it exists today, how the climate system has changed in the past, and what future climates may look like in the future. Topics include the causes of climate change, the response times of different parts of the climate system, interactions and feedbacks between the atmosphere, oceans, ice, continents, and vegetation, and the role of carbon as it moves within the climate system on different time-scales.