Reading Materials & Lecture Notes
Week 1 (Class 1, August 28): Welcome introduction & syllabus
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Week 1 (Class 2, August 30): Global climate & Environmental change: overview |
Week 2 (Class 1, Sep 4): Global climate change: observations. Lecture followed by discussion |
Week 2 (Class 2, Sep 6): Guest Lecture: "Weather extremes in a warming climate" by Dr. G.A. Meehl, NCAR Read CCSP report sections 2.2.1, 2.2.3 and 2.3 (HW1:reaction journal required) |
Week 3 (Class 1, Sep 11): Guest Lecture: "What are some key controversies in both the climate change science and the policy areas?" by Dr. Warren Washington, NCAR. Read this article (HW2:reaction journal required)
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Week 3 (Class 2, Sep 13): Discussion, role play Read IPCC AR4 summary for policymakers (HW3: reaction journal is required) Read Pielke sr. et al. on uncertain and bias (HW3: reaction journal is required) |
Week 4 (Class 1, Sep 18): lecture followed by discussion Read Webster Science paper (HW4: reaction journal required) Read Chan's Science comment paper (HW4: reaction journal required)
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Week 4 (Class 2, Sep 20): Debate: Hurricanes and global warming: are they linked? Read Holland and Webster paper on hurricane and cliamte (HW5: reaction journal required) Read Landsea paper on uncertainties (HW5: reaction journal required) |
Week 5 (Class 1, Sep 25): Guest Lecture: Prof. Roger Pielke, Jr., "Mitigation Policy", CU |
Week 5 (Class 2, Sep. 27): Lecture: Complexity of climate system: natural modes of variability and human influence. |
Week 6 (Class 1, Oct. 2): Climate and media: Movie: An Inconvenient Truth. |
Week 6 (Class 2, Oct. 4): Discussion: Climate and Media: An Inconvenient Truth. (See Discussion assignment for details) |
Week 7 (Class 1, Oct. 9): Discussion: Greenland and Antarctic Icesheets, climate and sea level Read Pritchard Nature paper on ice sheet(HW9: reaction journal required) Read Velicogna09 paper on ice sheet Read Oppenheimer & Alley paper (HW9: reaction journal required) |
Week 7 (Class 2, Oct. 11): Discussion: Global and regional sea level change, impact and policy implication Read Milne Nature Geoscience Review paper |
Week 8 (Class 1, Oct. 16): Global Warming Skeptics: The Great Global Warming Swindle (Youtube movie) |
Week 8 (Class 2, Oct. 18): Discussion/Debate: The Great Global Warming Swindle. |
Week 9 (Class 1, Oct. 23): Guest lecture, Kristin Epley: Climate, policy, regulation and regional action plan |
Week 9 (Class 2, Oct. 25): Guest Lecture, Dr. Moe Tabrizi, UCB Sustainability progress and Results |
Week 10 (Class 1, Oct. 30):Class project (Chris Amante, Carolyn Farris, Emily Gill, Cody Phillips) Chris Amante suggested reading |
Week 10 (Class 2, Nov. 1): Class Project (Amy Quandt, Kanmani Venkateswaran, Roberta Martinez Hernandez, Suzanne Warren) |
Week 11 (Class 1, Nov. 6): Class Project (Kaylyn Bopp, Samuel Collentine, Kristen Currie, Stephanie Durbin) Kaylyn Bopp suggested reading (briefly read through) Kristen and Samuel suggested reading Stephanie Durbin suggested reading (focus on the overview,, not necessarily biofuels for Minnesota) |
Week 11 (Class 2, Nov. 8): Class Project (Brad Fontanese, Dan Ha, Jon Hill, Jessica Mc Neil) |
Week 12 (Class 1, Nov. 13): Class Project (Kara Jennen, Harper Leinberger, Sara Leonard, Jane Frye) Harper Leinberger suggested reading |
Week 12 (Class 2, Nov. 15): Class Project (Angela Molli, Zackary Rondeau, Tommy Scarnecchia, Tera Sherman) Angela Molli suggested reading Zackary Rondeau suggested reading |
Week 13 No Classes: Fall Break &Thanksgiving Holiday
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Week 14 (Class 1, Nov. 27): Guest Lecture, Prof. R. Pielke Sr, "Climate change: The Need to Consider Human Forcings in Addition to Greenhouse Gases" Read Pielke Sr. 2008 paper (HW15: reaction journal required) |
Week 14 (Class 2, Nov. 29): Class Project (Byron Thulborn, Alex Trellinger, Cameron Wedge, Mehdi Pourpeikari Heris) Byron Thulborn suggested reading 1 Byron Thulborn suggested reading 2 Alex Trellinger suggested reading (focus on the first two sections) Mehdi Pourpeikari Heris suggested reading |
Week 15 (Class 1, Dec. 4): Discussion: Climate, coastal impact, policy Read Williams & Gutierrez paper (HW16:reaction journal required) |
Week 15 (Class 2, Dec 6): Watch Movie: The 11th hour |
Week 16 (Class 1, Dec. 11): Discussion: Climate change, ozone depletion & policy implication | Week 16 (Class 2, Dec. 13): Discussion - concluding the class |