Geography 205 - Climate and Society

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Colgate University

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A. Burnett, J. Graybill, P. Klepeis Human-induced climate change - global warming - is the defining environmental and social issue of our times. That people are dramatically altering the climate is now the resounding consensus in the scientific community. Potential short- and long-term impacts include biodiversity loss, sea-level rise and coastal flooding, more intense storms, threats to human health, and disruptions of freshwater supplies and food security. But while the global community increasingly understands the basic processes driving climate change and is starting to appreciate the consequences of a warmer world, the coupled social-natural dynamics of global warming are complex and the issue remains controversial. This course provides students with the necessary background on the biophysical, social, and ethical dimensions of global warming - as well as climate-society relationships more broadly defined - so that they can contribute productively to societal discourse about and, potentially, action regarding the issue. It also highlights the multiple modes of analysis commonly used in the discipline of geography (e.g., quantitative methods, qualitative methods, spatial analysis, etc.). (Forme rly GEOG 204

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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