Energy & Climate Change.

Catalog description

Climate science basics including Earth systems interactions between sun, land, sea, air and life that control climate conditions. Review of climate change in Earth history and the influence of human activity on climate. Introduction to methods for documenting climate conditions past and present for monitoring change and application of data to models for predicting global change. Overview of international efforts to monitor and mitigate global change and shift energy production from fossil fuels to renewable sources. Review of history, science, economics and policy of energy resources from the industrial revolution to future technologies.