GEO 011 - Global Climate Change

Institution:

University of California-Riverside

Subject:

Description:

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Application of the scientific method to critical issues of the global climate change debate. Provides an understanding of Earth's climate system and the feedback systems that regulate the climate "over long- and short-term" timescales. Includes general oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns, the major reservoirs and mechanisms of exchange of the global carbon cycle, and the influence and origin of greenhouse gases.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCR.EDU

Phone Number:

(951) 827-1012

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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