ENVST-UA 226 - Climate Change

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New York University

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Description:

Equips students with the basic scientific and historical background needed to understand the causes and consequences of global warming and the proposed solutions. Topics include the nature of energy and fossil fuels; the growth of population and energy consumption per capita; weather and climate; ice ages and their astronomical cause; the greenhouse effect; evidence for abrupt climate changes in the past and their human impact; modeling and prediction of climate change; and the environmental and social consequences of unchecked global warming. Explores a range of proposed solutions, their potential capacities and limitations, and their costs and benefits. These solutions include renewable energy technologies, increased efficiency of energy use, storage and transport, carbon regulation, nuclear energy, and "advanced" technologies. Critically reviews the scientific and public debates on global warming.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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