| as of 7/2/2022 |
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Country - Partner Institution - Programs: | Netherlands - Utrecht University - 'Utrecht Univ.' |
| UC Course Subject | Environmental Studies |
| Number & Suffix: | 103 |
| Full UC Title: | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Transcript Title: | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHNG |
| UC QTR Units - Division: | 6.0 - Upper Division |
| Course Description: | Global climate change is an extremely complicated system to study, and one of the major challenges facing the intellectual and scientific community. Therefore it requires in depth knowledge from many disciplines and their interaction. This course focuses on the “hard science” of climate change, dealing with the physical and biological sciences rather than the social science components related to global climate change. Examples of such components include the radiation balance of the atmosphere, atmospheric chemistry, ocean acidification, sea level rise, and global bio-geochemical cycles. The course also focuses on how anthropogenic action affects the processes of the Earth system, with special focus on those actions that affect the climate directly or indirectly. The subjects discussed can be grouped into the following bullet points: comprehensive introduction to global climate change; relationship between weather, climate, and environmental change; description of the major Earth system components, both natural and anthropogenic, driving environmental change; development of models and assessment of their predictions for current and future change; discuss how global change is affected by and affects human activity. |
| Language of Instruction: | English
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| Partner Title: | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Partner University Department: | Sustainable Development |
| Partner University Course Number: | GEO2-2143 |