Course Details
Course offered Winter 2013
Honors 221 C: Climate Extremes (NSc)
Honors 221 C: Climate Extremes (NSc)
SLN 14740 (View UW registration info »)
Office: 417 Ocean Science Bldg, Box 355351
Phone: 206 685-8061
Email: pdquay@uw.edu
Office: 256 Marine Science Bldg, Box 357940
Phone: 206-543-8474
Email: paulj@uw.edu
Credits: 5
Limit: 15 students
Dramatic changes in the earth’s climate has resulted from natural variations in solar insolation, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, rates of ocean circulation, plate tectonics and volcanic activity, the evolution of vascular plants and, in recent times, the burning of fossil fuels. The impact of these factors on climate, through interactions between the atmosphere, oceans and land, will be discussed. Importantly, the processes that produced past climate changes will be discussed in the context of modern impending climate change.
One class period per week will be spent in class discussion of an important paper. Problem sets, stressing quantitative solutions, will be given as take home assignments during the quarter.