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The Earth’s Greenhouse Efect1. Climate change is altering temperature, precipitation, and sea levels, and will adversely impact human and natural systems, including water resources, human settlements and health, ecosystems, and biodiversity.
Risks associated with a warming scenario of 4°C include more frequent and intense hot and cold extreme temperatures, precipitation events, droughts, and hurricanes. 11 Weather disasters in the U.S. cost an average of $21.8B and $33.3B per year in the 1980s and 90s, respectively.
It will discuss the basics of climate science and the phenomenon of climate change, before elaborating on two key concepts relevant for climate change responses: mitigation and adaptation. This material will be used to better understand how these concepts are applied in an urban context.
It provides a concise but thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. It explains how scientific and policy debates work, outlines the scientific evidence for the reality and seriousness of climate change and the basic atmospheric science that supports it, and discusses ...
which a sound wave travels depends upon the type of medium (air, water, rock) that it is moving through. In air, sound travels approximately 1000 feet per second; in water it travels at about 4800 feet per second. A good example of how fast sound travels in air can be observed during a thunderstorm. If you see the flash of lightning,
Lecture outline. Logistics, course requirements; overview of the course and an introductory Jupyter notebook with python basics. The greenhouse effect. Energy balance, the greenhouse effect in a two-layer model. Emission height, atmospheric lapse rate, response to greenhouse gas increase. Black body radiation.
This section provides the schedule of lecture topics and instructors along with lecture notes for select sessions.
