GE2403:03
Climate Systems and Climate Change
Townsville
Prerequisites: Level 1 EA EV TG subjects or permission of HoS
Inadmissable Subject Combination: GE3453 TG2003 TG3003
39 lectures, 39 hours practicals. Second semester.
Staff: Dr J Luly, members of the School of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, and Earth Sciences staff to be advised.
The subject introduces basic elements of Earth’s climate system. It emphasises the historical dimensions of climatic change and variability at geological to contemporary time scales. Questions of anthropogenic climate change are analysed within this framework.
Learning Objectives:
- to introduce Earth’s climatic system;
- to explore aspects of climatic variability and change;
- to place contemporary concerns with anthropogenic climate change in a historical context.
Assessment by practical work; essay; field report; examination. Weightings for each item of assessment will be decided in consultation with students.