ENV 320 - The Science of Climate Change

Prerequisites, ENV 111, ENV 111L, or ENV 112. This course explores connections between the land, ocean, snow/glaciers, and atmosphere in the context of a changing environment. This course will focus on observation systems deployed on the ground, in the ocean and atmosphere to analyze short- and long-term changes in earth systems. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of past changes in earth systems will be used to evaluate future scenarios. Lecture. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits