UIST 130 - Climate Change Science

3 credit(s)
This course explores the scientific evidence that supports our understanding of global anthropogenic climate change. The course is grounded in scientific exploration of the issue of climate change, including topics such as increasing levels of atmospheric CO2, the greenhouse effect, and the sources of emissions. Topics for discussion include the vostock ice core and Loa observatory data, and the ways climate change impacts sea level rise, melting glaciers, seasonal temperatures, weather events, ecological relationships, and biodiversity. It provides a wide range of scientific evidence for global climate change and challenges students to think critically about the science of climate change and what it might mean for life on earth. The class will use the lenses of policy and culture to examine potential solutions to climate change and the barriers that exist for those changes. Students will be challenged to communicate complex science through visual forms such as presentations, photography, infographics, and/or narrative audio.

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