Earth's Changing Climate
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
<p>This course is your chance to get some of the most up-to-date research on climate change. <strong>Earth's Changing Climate</strong> explains the concepts, tools, data, and analysis that have led an overwhelming number of climate scientists to conclude that Earth is warming—and the ways in which we humans might be responsible. Whatever your views on climate change, it's important to understand how the current scientific consensus on global warming evolved out of basic physical principles and a broad range of observations. A lucid presentation designed for non-scientists, this course is an invaluable tool for understanding one of the 21st century's most hotly debated issues.</p>
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Is Earth Warming?
- 02: Butterflies, Glaciers, and Hurricanes
- 03: Ice Ages and Beyond
- 04: In the Greenhouse
- 05: A Tale of Three Planets
- 06: Global Recycling
- 07: The Human Factor
- 08: Computing the Future
- 09: Impacts of Climate Change
- 10: Energy and Climate
- 11: Energy—Resources and Alternatives
- 12: Sustainable Futures?
Taught by
Richard Wolfson
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