EA2404 - From Icehouse to Greenhouse
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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This subject presents a comprehensive analysis of climate systems and change over timescales spanning deep geological time to the contemporary. Emphasis is placed on functioning of global climate, evidence for change and the tools used in the analysis of climate change and its effects on landscape, biosphere and society.
Learning Outcomes
- A knowledge of the history of climatic change from deep time to modern days;
- An understanding of the processes underlying climate change at geological to contemporary timescales;
- Knowledge of the tools employed to reconstruct climate change;
- A critical appreciation of the importance of climate change to society and the environment;
- An understanding of global climate and atmospheric processes.
| Prerequisites: | AT LEAST 12 CREDIT POINTS OF LEVEL 1 SUBJECTS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EA5404 |
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| Townsville, , Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); practicals (20%); mid-term exam (20%); climate reconstruction project (20%). |
| Cairns, , Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); practicals (20%); mid-term exam (20%); climate reconstructions project (20%). |
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