ASL375
| ASL375 | |
|---|---|
| Climate of the past: Lessons for the future | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Overlaps | |
ASL375 : Climate of the past: Lessons for the future
[edit]Framework of climate science, Earth's climate system today, climate archives, CO 2, plate tectonics and long-term climate, Greenhouse to lcehouse climates, astronomical control of solar radiation, lnsolation control of monsoon and ice sheets, orbital-scale interactions, feedbacks and unsolved mysteries in long term climate change. The last glacial maximum, climate during and since the last deglaciation; Holocene climate optimum and beginning of ancient civilizations; Impact of climate change on ancient civilizations; humans and pre-industrial climate, climate changes during the last millennium; climate change since 1850 from observational records, causes of warming over the last 125 years, future climate change.