GEOL 414 - Climate and Paleoclimate

Credits: 4

Quantitative and qualitative examination of Earth’s climate system, its components and how they operate and interact. Mechanisms of short-term and long-term climate change. General circulation models and the prediction of global climate change. Ancient climate records as inferred from ice, marine and lake sediments, tree rings, geothermal measurements, and cave deposits. Extreme climates. Prerequisites: GEOL 211/311, 212/302, 213/301, and CHEM 107 or 111, or consent of instructor. Fall or Spring,