GC 170A 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I No Last Lecture Outline of Current Lecture II Instructors a TA s III Global Warming IV Major Changes in the Atmosphere V What s going on at the U of A Resources VI Goals of the class VII Assignments Grades VIII Classroom facts Current Lecture I Instructor Dr Erica Bigio i Interest in fire history ii Fire ecology iii Fire climate associations b Teachers assistants i Rob Shepard 1 Master s student School of Natural Resources 2 Interest in dendroecology forest ecology 3 Dendroclimatology paleoclimate ii Scott Jones 1 PhD Student Arid Lands Resource Science 2 Interest in landscape change invasive species 3 Climate change II Global Warming a Fire b Extreme weather i Paleoclimate reconstructions scientists are able to identify the climate in the past c Glacier retreat III Major change in the atmosphere a Fossil fuels energy b Rate of emissions has increased These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute c CO2 greenhouse gases trap heat i Rise in CO2 linked to rise in temperature IV Global change committee at the U of A a CLIMAS Climate assessment for the southwest b www environment arizona edu c Office of Sustainability d US Global change research program i www globalchange gov ii Knowledge about the weathers past present future iii Changes in Earth s systems iv Improve climate change predictions e Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC i Produces reviews most recent scientific technical and socio economic information related to climate changes V What will be learnt about climate change a What is happening on a scientific and quantitative level b Affects our lives in Arizona and around in the United states c What are the solutions and adaptations for global warming d How can we help VI Two Main Sections a 1 Fundamentals of the earth system and global change i How to quantify changing environmental variables ii Earth s Energy Budget how energy is partitioned 1 What is going to be the best for the earth iii Atmospheric Structure and Composition thermodynamics matter iv Greenhouse effect properties of greenhouse gases 1 CO2 v Atmosphere Ocean circulation and The Ozone Layer b 2 How is the earth changing due to increased CO2 i Observations of Climate Variability Ice Cores Tree Rings ii Climate Change impacts drought forest fires sea level rise iii Climate Modeling and future projections of temperature iv Government policies Adaptation Mitigation and Solutions VII Assignments a In class Quiz Questions Clickers b Group Activities c Four tests Multiple choice labeling and fill in the blank i Individual and Group components d Individual Assignments i Take home portion ii Group activity e Sustainability City Term assignment i Analysis of a carbon emissions from another city and a comparison with Tucson Mid term and Final f VIII Grades a Clickers 2 b Individual assignments 3 40 points 12 c Group Activities 8 20 points 16 d Tests 4 50 points 20 e Mid Term 20 f Final 20 g Sustainability term project 10 IX Important class facts a Attendance is expected b Announcements made at the beginning of class c Textbook i Global Climate Change David E Kitchen
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