Global Climate Change (2024/2025: periode 2)

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Cursusdoel

Please note: the information in the course manual is binding.
After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
  • understand global biogeochemical cycles and energy exchange (radiation balance) between land, atmosphere & ocean with respect to global climate change;
  • Discuss the major drivers of global climate change and the feedback loops involved;
  • Research a topic regarding global climate change, and present your findings;
  • apply models concerning global climate change;
  • understand the policy implications of climate change science.

Vakinhoudelijk

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 will focus 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 biogeochemical cycles. We also focus on how anthropogenic action affects the processes of the Earth system, with special focus to 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.
This course contains an Honours component.

This course is an entry requirement for:
  • Bachelor's thesis GSS, tracks WC&E and E&R (GEO3-2422).

Werkvormen

Computer practical
Bijdrage

Computer labs are done in groups of two.

Lecture
Voorbereiding

Recommended readings – book chapters

meta-analysis paper in group
Toelichting

In a group you will work on a meta-analysis paper on a topic of your own choice related to climate change.

Tutorial
Bijdrage

Tutorials are done individually or in a group. Paper on a topic of choice related to climate change, including a meta-analysis, in groups of 5.

Toetsing

Eindresultaat

Verplicht | Weging 1% | ECTS 7,5

The course will be assessed based on 2 exams (grade 1-10), 1 computer practical (grade 1-10) and a paper and presentation (grade 1-10).

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er moet voldaan zijn aan minimaal één van de cursussen:

En Je kunt deze cursus niet volgen als je één van de volgende cursussen hebt afgerond:

Voorkennis

An equivalent course on calculus is also valid upon approval by the instructors.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Thema's

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

  • BOEK
    Climate System Dynamics and Modelling, Hugues Goosse, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-107-44583-3.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Coördinator

dr. E. Weinans E.Weinans@uu.nl

Docenten

Inschrijving

Deze cursus is open voor bijvakkers. Controleer wel of er aanvullende ingangseisen gelden.

Inschrijving
Van maandag 16 september 2024 tot en met vrijdag 27 september 2024

Na-inschrijving
Van maandag 21 oktober 2024 tot en met dinsdag 22 oktober 2024

Inschrijving niet geopend
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