Earth Sciences 86.1 - Special Topics in Earth Sciences:Earth's Past,Present,and Future Climate

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Dartmouth College

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09W: 2A This course investigates the characteristics and causes of short- (1 yr) to long-term (>1 million yrs) climate change over the past 100 million years and 1000 years into the future. Emphasis is placed on Quaternary ice age cycles and Holocene (last 10,000 yrs) climate as a context for current changes and projections of future climate modified by human activities. Major topics include natural and anthropogenic climate forcing mechanisms, climate-tectonic interactions, the carbon cycle, climate models, paleoclimate proxies, sea-level change, and societal impacts of climate change in the past and future. Prerequisite: Introductory Earth Science course or permission of instructor. Dist: SCI. Osterberg.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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