Sustainability: Climate change

Academic year: 2019/2020
Semester: winter

LECTURE DESCRIPTION

The outline of the course is as follows:

1) Climate vs. weather. Climate system: components and parameters. Climate measurements and observations.

2) Energy balance of planet Earth. Solar constant, planetary albedo, greenhouse effect. Climate forcings and feedbacks.

3) Natural climate forcings and climate changes across geological history of the planet. Anthropocentric climate forcing and actual climate change.

4) Human fingerprints on climate: evidence.

5) Climate modeling: principles, verification, projections. Climate scenarios. Carbon budget.

6) IPCC assessment and special reports.

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                                    Szymon P. Malinowski
                                    Jan. 15, 2020, midnight
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                    Szymon P. Malinowski
                                    Dec. 18, 2019, 12:15 p.m.
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                    Dec. 11, 2019, 12:15 p.m.
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                    Szymon P. Malinowski
                                    Dec. 4, 2019, 12:15 p.m.
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
                                            Scenarios - socioeconomic pathways, representative concentration pathways e.t.c.
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                                    Nov. 27, 2019, midnight
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                    Nov. 20, 2019, midnight
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                    Nov. 13, 2019, 12:15 p.m.
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
                                            Land use and foodConversation 01
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                                    Szymon P. Malinowski
                                    Nov. 13, 2019, 8:45 a.m.
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
                                            Paleoclimatology. Global carbon cycle.
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                                    Oct. 30, 2019, noon
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
                                            History of climate research and data availability.
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                                    Oct. 16, 2019, noon
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                    Oct. 9, 2019, noon
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
                                            
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